criticalREV. 01

CVE-2025-1974IngressNightmare — Code Execution From the Kubernetes Pod Network

An unauthenticated attacker with access to the pod network reaches arbitrary code execution in the ingress controller, which usually holds cluster-wide secrets.

YOUR NEXT MOVE

Upgrade the ingress controller to a fixed release, and restrict which workloads can reach its admission endpoint.

Read the risk

THE VITAL STATS
CVSS score
9.8/ 10
CVSS v3.1
EPSS probability
100%
Likelihood of exploitation
Attack complexity
Low
Conditions needed to exploit
Known exploited
Not listed
CVE published
2025-03-25
Exploit published
Not recorded
Confidence
medium
Kill chain
initial access
MITRE ATT&CK
T1190
Severity
critical

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attacker needsAccess to the pod network

Behind the card

1 REFERENCES
Field-level provenanceTRACE THE SOURCES +

Which source supports each field, when it was retrieved, and who extracted it.

FieldsSourceRetrievedExtractorConfidence
cvss, exploitation.attack_complexity, exploitation.exploit_available, references, published_atnvd.nist.gov2026-08-07scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
epssapi.first.org2026-08-07scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
title, summary, severity, remediation, mitre_attack, kill_chain, recommended_action, confidence, tags, exploitation.prerequisitesnvd.nist.gov2026-08-07claude-codehigh

Printing history

THE RECORD
  1. r1Initial base card

First printing. This card has not been reprinted since publication.

crds:cve-2025-1974 · CRDS 0.1 · Issued 2026-08-07