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CVE-2023-5043

Published: Oct 25, 2023Updated: Feb 13, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-20
NVD MITRE
7.6CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
2.2%
Top 19.5%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Ingress nginx annotation injection causes arbitrary command execution.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:HI:LA:L
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:LIntegrity
Low
A:LAvailability
Low
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Weaknesses

CWE-20CWE-74

Affected Products

ingress-nginxkubernetesCloud & SaaS
k8s.io/ingress-nginxGoOSS Libraries
ingress-nginxThe Kubernetes Authors
Mixed
Cloud & SaaS / container-orchestration
ingress-nginxKubernetesCloud & SaaS
kubernetesoss-projectUSCloud & SaaSaka k8s
gopackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries
the kubernetes authorsoss-projectCloud & SaaSaka kubernetes

Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
Workaround Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Execution
Initial Access
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References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/10/25/4
openwall.com
https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/issues/10571
github.com
https://groups.google.com/g/kubernetes-security-announce/c/pVsXsOpxYZo
groups.google.com
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Timeline

Published
Oct 25, 2023
Last Updated
Feb 13, 2025

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