---
id: CVE-2018-1002104
aliases:
  - GHSA-p3x5-5xpx-9phm
title: Kubernetes ingress exposes sensitive information
summary: Kubernetes ingress exposes sensitive information
severity: medium
cvss: 5.3
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'
vendor: ingress-nginx
product: k8s.io/ingress-nginx
ecosystem: go
affected:
  - k8s.io/ingress-nginx < 1.5
patched:
  - k8s.io/ingress-nginx 1.5
published: '2022-05-24'
updated: '2026-08-07'
source: OSV
sourceUrl: 'https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-p3x5-5xpx-9phm'
references:
  - url: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1002104'
  - url: 'https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/issues/1733'
  - url: 'https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/pull/3125'
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/commit/d487a50e399100ad8db12ed1d2f92271f311f676
  - url: 'https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx'
tags:
  - osv
  - go
epss: 0.01138
epssPercentile: 0.65157
ingestedAt: '2026-08-07T19:14:17.407Z'
---

## Overview

Versions < 1.5 of the Kubernetes ingress default backend, which handles invalid ingress traffic, exposed prometheus metrics publicly.

## Affected packages

- `k8s.io/ingress-nginx < 1.5`

## Remediation

Upgrade to a patched release:

- `k8s.io/ingress-nginx 1.5`