Improper Validation of Specified Type of Input Affecting k8s.io/ingress-nginx/internal/ingress/controller/template package, versions <1.12.5>=1.13.0 <1.13.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.47% (37th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-GOLANG-K8SIOINGRESSNGINXINTERNALINGRESSCONTROLLERTEMPLATE-15237765
  • published6 Feb 2026
  • disclosed6 Feb 2026
  • creditJan-Otto Kröpke

Introduced: 6 Feb 2026

CVE-2025-15566  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-1287  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade k8s.io/ingress-nginx/internal/ingress/controller/template to version 1.12.5, 1.13.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Validation of Specified Type of Input in the auth-proxy-set-headers annotation, which allows injection of configuration into nginx. An attacker can execute arbitrary code and access sensitive information by supplying crafted input to this annotation.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1