6.5

CVE-2026-24514: kubernetes ingress-nginx

CVSS: 6.5v3.1MediumDeferred
AliasesCGA-2r9g-988m-x49hCGA-4pc8-3v9m-q69qCGA-52hp-5xxp-c238
Published 03-02-2026Last modified 18-02-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-24514 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability in kubernetes ingress-nginx. EPSS estimates a 0.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 43.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
26/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.52%
0%100%
Low · +0.04 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 3
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1SUSE-SU-2026:0403-1CGA-64PH-WQCM-CR2P

Timeline

  1. 03-02-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 18-02-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 5 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.52%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

43%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.04 pp

From 0.48% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.52%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Chainguard10 products
  • ingress-nginx-controller-1.12All versions (No fix recorded)
  • ingress-nginx-controller-1.13< 1.13.9-r14
  • ingress-nginx-controller-1.14< 1.14.5-r16
  • ingress-nginx-controller-1.15All versions (No fix recorded)
  • ingress-nginx-controller-fips-1.12All versions (No fix recorded)
Wolfi5 products
  • ingress-nginx-controller-1.12All versions (No fix recorded)
  • ingress-nginx-controller-1.14< 1.14.5-r16
  • ingress-nginx-controller-1.15All versions (No fix recorded)
  • ingress-nginx-custom-error-pages-1.14< 1.14.5-r27
  • ingress-nginx-custom-error-pages-compat-1.14< 1.14.5-r27
K8s.io1 product
  • ingress-nginx< 1.13.7 | ≥ 1.14.0, < 1.14.3 | All versions (No fix recorded)
Kubernetes1 product

4 vendors · 17 products

References

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