CVE-2025-1974

high-risk
Published 2025-03-25

A security issue was discovered in Kubernetes where under certain conditions, an unauthenticated attacker with access to the pod network can achieve arbitrary code execution in the context of the ingress-nginx controller. This can lead to disclosure of Secrets accessible to the controller. (Note that in the default installation, the controller can access all Secrets cluster-wide.)

Do I need to act?

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90.3% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 10% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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2 public exploits available
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
9
CVSS 9.8/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity
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/ 100
high-risk
Severity 32/34 · Critical
Exploitability 27/34 · High
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal