High severity · published Oct 25, 2023
CVE-2023-5043
Ingress nginx annotation injection causes arbitrary command execution
8.8
CVSS
2.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Ingress nginx annotation injection causes arbitrary command execution.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.6% · higher than 85% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
IN
Ingress-nginx · Kubernetes
before 1.9.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5043
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5043
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/25/4
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/issues/10571
Mailing List
https://groups.google.com/g/kubernetes-security-announce/c/pVsXsOpxYZo
security.netapp.com
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240307-0012/
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