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?

Which products and versions are affected?

No affected package list recorded here yet.

Is there a patch?

No patch identifier recorded here yet.

What PlainSec published about CVE-2025-1974

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What this record does not say

KEV and EPSS are re-checked daily. Record last updated 2026-08-15.