CVE-2023-5043 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Ingress nginx annotation injection causes arbitrary command execution.

Published: 2023-10-25

Score: 7.6 High

EPSS: 4.5% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Kubernetes

ingress-nginx

unknown

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 1.9.0
`1.9.0`	unknown	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:ingress-nginx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-2661	Ingress nginx annotation injection causes arbitrary command execution.
Github GHSA	GHSA-5wj4-wffq-3378	Ingress nginx annotation injection causes arbitrary command execution

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.04465.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/25/4
https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/issues/10571
https://groups.google.com/g/kubernetes-security-announce/c/pVsXsOpxYZo
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240307-0012/

History

Thu, 13 Feb 2025 17:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description	Ingress nginx annotation injection causes arbitrary command execution.	Ingress nginx annotation injection causes arbitrary command execution.

Subscriptions

Kubernetes Ingress-nginx

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: kubernetes

Published: 2023-10-25T19:18:57.704Z

Updated: 2025-02-13T17:19:26.664Z

Reserved: 2023-09-18T13:11:42.508Z

Link: CVE-2023-5043

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-10-25T20:15:18.037

Modified: 2025-02-13T18:15:54.603

Link: CVE-2023-5043

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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