CVE-2024-7646

HIGHNVD 8.88.8—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 8.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2024-08-16. NVD baseline CVSS 8.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Elevated
8.8
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 27%CVSS: 8.8Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

A security issue was discovered in ingress-nginx where an actor with permission to create Ingress objects (in the networking.k8s.io or extensions API group) can bypass annotation validation to inject arbitrary commands and obtain the credentials of the ingress-nginx controller. In the default configuration, that credential has access to all secrets in the cluster.

CVSS v3
8.8
EG Score
8.8(medium)
EPSS
97.8%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 16, 2024

Last Modified

April 15, 2026

Advisory Details (5)

Auto-updated May 22, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

oss-security - [kubernetes] CVE-2024-7646: Ingress-nginx Annotation Validation Bypass

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/08/16/5
generic
https://groups.google.com/g/kubernetes-security-announce/c/a1__cKjWkfA
generic

CVE-2024-7646: Ingress-nginx Annotation Validation Bypass · Issue #126744 · kubernetes/kubernetes · GitHub

https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/126744
generic

Perform some cleaning operations on line breaks. by k8s-infra-cherrypick-robot · Pull Request #11721 · kubernetes/ingress-nginx · GitHub

https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/pull/11721
generic

chore: make the auth verify regex more strict by k8s-infra-cherrypick-robot · Pull Request #11719 · kubernetes/ingress-nginx · GitHub

https://github.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/pull/11719

Affected Packages

(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Go(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
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Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

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Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2024-7646?
CVE-2024-7646 is a high vulnerability published on August 16, 2024. A security issue was discovered in ingress-nginx where an actor with permission to create Ingress objects (in the networking.k8s.io or extensions API group) can bypass annotation validation to inject arbitrary commands and obtain the credentials of the ingress-nginx controller. In the default…
When was CVE-2024-7646 disclosed?
CVE-2024-7646 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 16, 2024, with the most recent update on April 15, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2024-7646 actively exploited?
CVE-2024-7646 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 97.8% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2024-7646?
CVE-2024-7646 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2024-7646?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2024-7646, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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