What is CVE-2026-24514?

CVE-2026-24514 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Kubernetes Ingress-nginx, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-02-03.

How severe is CVE-2026-24514?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Kubernetes Ingress-nginx

CVE-2026-24514

A security issue was discovered in ingress-nginx where the validating admission controller feature is subject to a denial of service condition. By sending large requests to the validating admission controller, an attacker can cause memory…

EPSS: 0.000 (5.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Kubernetes Ingress-nginx — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/136680

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-24514?: CVE-2026-24514 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Kubernetes Ingress-nginx, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-02-03.
How severe is CVE-2026-24514?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.