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CVE-2025-1098

A security issue was discovered in ingress-nginx https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx where the `mirror-target` and `mirror-host` Ingress annotations can be used to inject arbitrary configuration into nginx.

EXPLOITHIGH 8.8EPSS 86.1%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 86.1%, higher than 100% 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 `mirror-target` and `mirror-host` Ingress annotations can be used to inject arbitrary 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
86.15% probability · 100th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · first 4 February 2026
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-20
Source
jordan@liggitt.net
EPSS trend
0%45%90%24 September 2026: 82.31%25 October 2026: 86.15%2 November 2026: 86.15%24 September 20262 November 2026

EPSS moved from 82.3% on 24 September 2026 to 86.1% 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)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-52475source ↗Ingress-NGINX Admission Controller v1.11.1 - FD Injection to RCEmultiple · Beatriz Fresno Naumovaremote4 February 2026no

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