Check Point Advisories

NGINX Ingress Controller Remote Code Execution (CVE-2025-1097; CVE-2025-1098; CVE-2025-1974; CVE-2025-24513; CVE-2025-24514)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2025-0121
Date Published:	26 Mar 2025
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Sunday 30 March, 2025
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2025-1097 CVE-2025-1098 CVE-2025-1974 CVE-2025-24513 CVE-2025-24514
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	NGINX Ingress Controller prior to version 1.12.1 NGINX Ingress Controller prior to version 1.11.5
Vulnerability Description	A remote code execution vulnerability exists in NGINX Ingress Controller. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the NGINX Ingress Controller Remote Code Execution protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Web Server Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: NGINX Ingress Controller Remote Code Execution