CVE-2026-24514Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Kubernetes Ingress-nginx

Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 94.86%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedFeb 3
Latest updateFeb 5

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 vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages2 packages

Gok8s.io/ingress-nginx1.14.01.14.3+1
CVEListV5kubernetes/ingress-nginx< 1.13.7+1

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
OSV
ingress-nginx vulnerable to Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in k8s.io/ingress-nginx2026-02-05
GHSA
ingress-nginx vulnerable to Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling2026-02-04
OSV
ingress-nginx vulnerable to Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling2026-02-04
CVEList
ingress-nginx Admission Controller denial of service2026-02-03

🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Wiz
CVE-2026-24514 Impact, Exploitability, and Mitigation Steps | Wiz
CVE-2026-24514 — Kubernetes Ingress-nginx vulnerability | cvebase