CVE-2025-1974: exploitation status and patch state
CVE-2025-1974 · CVSS 9.8 CRITICAL · EPSS 99.5%
A security issue was discovered in Kubernetes where under certain conditions, an unauthenticated attacker with access to the pod network can achieve arbitrary code execution in the context of the ingress-nginx controller. This can lead to disclosure of Secrets accessible to the controller. (Note that in the default installation, the controller can access all Secrets cluster-wide.)
Is CVE-2025-1974 exploited?
Not in the CISA KEV catalog.
EPSS puts exploitation in the next 30 days at 99.5%.