Vulnerability · Published Feb 6, 2026 · Assigned by kubernetes

CVE-2025-15566ingress-nginx auth-proxy-set-headers nginx configuration injection

High 8.8

In plain English

A high-severity improper input validation 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).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 55.6% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A security issue was discovered in ingress-nginx where the `nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/auth-proxy-set-headers` 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 (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Kubernetes	ingress-nginx	0 – before 1.12.50 – before 1.13.1

Weakness: CWE-20 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/136789