---
id: CVE-2025-24513
aliases:
  - GHSA-242m-6h72-7hgp
  - GO-2025-3564
title: ingress-nginx controller - auth secret file path traversal vulnerability
summary: ingress-nginx controller - auth secret file path traversal vulnerability
severity: medium
cvss: 4.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L'
vendor: ingress-nginx
product: k8s.io/ingress-nginx
ecosystem: go
affected:
  - k8s.io/ingress-nginx < 1.11.5
  - 'k8s.io/ingress-nginx >= 1.12.0-beta.0, < 1.12.1'
patched:
  - k8s.io/ingress-nginx 1.11.5
  - k8s.io/ingress-nginx 1.12.1
published: '2025-03-25'
updated: '2026-09-10'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-10T03:50:06.165603763Z'
source: OSV
sourceUrl: 'https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-242m-6h72-7hgp'
references:
  - url: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-24513'
  - url: 'https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/131005'
  - url: 'https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx'
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/releases/tag/controller-v1.11.5
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/releases/tag/controller-v1.12.1
  - url: 'https://groups.google.com/g/kubernetes-security-announce/c/2qa9DFtN0cQ'
  - url: 'https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250328-0008'
tags:
  - osv
  - go
epss: 0.03267
epssPercentile: 0.87913
ingestedAt: '2026-09-12T03:13:01.744Z'
---

## Overview

A security issue was discovered in [ingress-nginx](https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx) where attacker-provided data are included in a filename by the ingress-nginx Admission Controller feature, resulting in directory traversal within the container. This could result in denial of service, or when combined with other vulnerabilities, limited disclosure of Secret objects from the cluster.

## Affected packages

- `k8s.io/ingress-nginx < 1.11.5`
- `k8s.io/ingress-nginx >= 1.12.0-beta.0, < 1.12.1`

## Remediation

Upgrade to a patched release:

- `k8s.io/ingress-nginx 1.11.5`
- `k8s.io/ingress-nginx 1.12.1`