High Severity Vulnerabilities in Ingress NGINX controller
11 February 2026
The Kubernetes project has released software updates addressing multiple vulnerabilities in Ingress NGINX controller. Users and administrators of affected products are advised to update to the latest version immediately.
Background
The Kubernetes project has released software updates addressing multiple vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-24512 and CVE-2026-1580) in Ingress NGINX controller.
Impact
Successful exploitation of the vulnerabilities can lead to arbitrary code execution within the Ingress NGINX controller and unauthorised access to Kubernetes secrets, potentially exposing sensitive information and enabling further compromise of the cluster.
Affected products
The vulnerabilities affect Ingress NGINX controller versions prior to 1.13.7 and 1.14.3.
Recommendation
Users and administrators of affected products are advised to update to the latest version immediately.
References
https://cyberleveling.com/blog/ingress-nginx-vulnerabilities-cve-2026-1580
