Vulnerability · Published Feb 3, 2026 · Assigned by kubernetes
CVE-2026-24514ingress-nginx Admission Controller denial of service
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity resource allocation without limits in ingress-nginx from Kubernetes. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 44% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code. Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
A security issue was discovered in ingress-nginx where the validating admission controller feature is subject to a denial of service condition. By sending large requests to the validating admission controller, an attacker can cause memory consumption, which may result in the ingress-nginx controller pod being killed or the node running out of memory.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Go | k8s.io/ingress-nginx | 1.13.7 | GHSA-2pf9-vr92-6h3v |
| Go | k8s.io/ingress-nginx | 1.14.3 | GHSA-2pf9-vr92-6h3v |
| Go | k8s.io/ingress-nginx | no fix listed | GO-2026-4417 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Kubernetes | ingress-nginx | 0 – before 1.13.70 – before 1.14.3 |
Weakness: CWE-770 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H