CVE-2026-24514
MEDIUM
GHSA-2pf9-vr92-6h3v
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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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.
Analysis
Ingress-nginx's validating admission controller is vulnerable to denial of service through memory exhaustion when processing oversized requests, enabling authenticated attackers to crash the controller pod or exhaust node memory. The vulnerability requires valid credentials but no user interaction, affecting deployments relying on this validation feature. …
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Remediation
Within 30 days: Identify affected systems and apply vendor patches as part of regular patch cycle. Monitor vendor channels for patch availability.
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