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High · 8.8 CVE-2026-1580 EUVD-2026-5514GHSA-9h3p-52vh-959wGO-2026-4423

ingress-nginx auth-method nginx configuration injection

Published Feb 3, 2026 · Updated Feb 26, 2026 · Assigned by kubernetes

Description

A security issue was discovered in ingress-nginx where the `nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/auth-method` Ingress annotation can be used to inject configuration into nginx. This can lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the ingress-nginx controller, and disclosure of Secrets accessible to the controller. (Note that in the default installation, the controller can access all Secrets cluster-wide.)

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Kubernetes ingress-nginx < 1.13.7, < 1.14.3 1.13.7

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 16.0 govulncheck-vulndb 0.0.20260723T184607-160000.1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 govulncheck-vulndb 0.0.20260205T172317-150000.1.146.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0403-1

Wolfi

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Wolfi rolling ingress-nginx-controller-1.12 No fix yet —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Go k8s.io/ingress-nginx < 1.13.7 1.13.7 GHSA-9h3p-52vh-959w
Go k8s.io/ingress-nginx >= 1.14.0, < 1.14.3 1.14.3 GHSA-9h3p-52vh-959w
Go k8s.io/ingress-nginx all versions — GO-2026-4423

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