A security issue was identified in [ingress-nginx](https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx) where the nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/permanent-redirect annotation on an Ingress object (in the networking.k8s.io or extensions API group) can be used to inject arbitrary commands, and obtain the credentials of the ingress-nginx controller. In the default configuration, that credential has access to all secrets in the cluster.

Affected Packages

Go k8s.io/ingress-nginx

Affected versions: 0 (fixed in 1.9.0)

Related CVEs

CVE-2023-5044

Key Information

GHSA ID

GHSA-fp9f-44c2-cw27

Published

October 25, 2023 9:30 PM

Last Modified

February 13, 2025 7:18 PM

CVSS Score

7.5 /10

Primary Ecosystem

Primary Package

k8s.io/ingress-nginx

GitHub Reviewed

✓ Yes

Dataset

Last updated: July 27, 2025 6:35 AM

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