Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions Affecting github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx package, versions <1.13.7>=1.14.0 <1.14.3>=2.0.0 <4.13.7>=4.14.0 <4.14.3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (3rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMKUBERNETESINGRESSNGINX-15202058
  • published4 Feb 2026
  • disclosed3 Feb 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 3 Feb 2026

CVE-2026-24513  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-754  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx to version 1.13.7, 1.14.3, 4.13.7, 4.14.3 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions in the auth-url annotation when a specific misconfiguration occurs involving a custom-errors configuration that includes HTTP errors 401 or 403, and the configured default custom-errors backend fails to respect the X-Code HTTP header. An attacker can gain unauthorized access to resources by bypassing authentication checks.

Workaround

This vulnerability can be mitigated by checking to confirm your custom errors backend correctly respects the X-Code HTTP header.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1