CVE-2025-1097
A security issue was discovered in ingress-nginx https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx where the `auth-tls-match-cn` Ingress annotation can be used to inject configuration into nginx.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 37.0%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
A security issue was discovered in ingress-nginx https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx where the `auth-tls-match-cn` 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.)
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 36.96% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 4 February 2026
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Source
- jordan@liggitt.net
EPSS moved from 33.2% on 24 September 2026 to 37.0% on 2 November 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
Public exploits (1)
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References
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.