CVE-2023-5043 (GCVE-0-2023-5043)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-10-25 19:18 – Updated: 2025-02-13 17:19
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Ingress nginx annotation injection causes arbitrary command execution
Summary
Ingress nginx annotation injection causes arbitrary command execution.
Severity
7.6 (High)
CWE
- CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation
Assigner
References
4 references
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kubernetes | ingress-nginx |
Affected:
0 , < 1.9.0
(semver)
Unknown: 1.9.0 |
guessed |
Date Public
2023-10-25 16:30
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