CVE-2026-24514
ingress-nginx Admission Controller denial of service
CVSS Score
6.5
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
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.
| CWE | CWE-770 |
| Vendor | kubernetes |
| Product | ingress-nginx |
| Ecosystems | |
| Industries | Technology |
| Published | Feb 3, 2026 |
| Last Updated | Feb 18, 2026 |
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CVSS v3 Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Affected Versions
Kubernetes / ingress-nginx
0 < 1.13.7 0 < 1.14.3
References
Credits
Matan Shabtay