Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/internal/admission/controller 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
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.46% (37th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMKUBERNETESINGRESSNGINXINTERNALADMISSIONCONTROLLER-15202060
  • published4 Feb 2026
  • disclosed3 Feb 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 3 Feb 2026

CVE-2026-24514  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/internal/admission/controller 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 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling via the validating admission controller feature. An attacker can exhaust system memory resources by sending large requests, potentially causing the controller pod to be terminated or the node to run out of memory.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1