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CVE-2018-1002104

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-1002104 describes a vulnerability in Kubernetes Ingress default backends prior to version 1.5, where Prometheus metrics were publicly exposed, potentially revealing sensitive operational data. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) is network-exploitable with low attack complexity, requiring no user interaction or privileges, and primarily impacts confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:nginx_ingress_controller:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.3MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.14%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
63.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0114 is in the 41st percentile among its peer group of 23,723 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: k8s.io/ingress-nginxFixed in: 1.5

Vendor Advisories (2)

goGHSA-p3x5-5xpx-9phmmedium

Kubernetes ingress exposes sensitive information

May 24, 2022
redhatCVE-2018-1002104Low

kubernetes/ingress-nginx: /metrics endpoint exposed publicly by default

Jan 15, 2020

References

github.com / kubernetes/ingress-nginx/pull/3125
PatchThird Party Advisory