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Publicly disclosed HackerOne reports, with the platform's own outcome and severity.

Program:Kubernetes
Status:Valid
Clear
Severity
Weakness
Year
Bounty paid10
Access stated
  • No account0
  • A user account0
  • Admin or privileged0
Access needed:A user account
Technique
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Disclosed bug bounty reports
ReportStatusWeaknessSeverityDisclosedBountyVotes
Node disk DOS by writing to container /etc/hostsAnalysed#867699ValidDenial of ServiceMedium2020-07-22$1,000161
Injection in path parameter of Ingress-nginxAnalysed#2701701ValidCommand and Code InjectionHigh2026-03-07–91
Bypass validation parts in AWS IAM Authenticator for KubernetesAnalysed#1580493ValidAuthenticationHigh2023-05-25$2,50068
Ingress nginx annotation injection causes arbitrary command executionAnalysed#1728174ValidCommand and Code InjectionHigh2023-11-24$2,50057
Authenticated kubernetes principal with restricted permissions can retrieve ingress-nginx serviceaccount token and secrets across all namespacesAnalysed#1249583ValidAccess ControlHigh2021-12-04–55
Privilege Escalation in kOps using GCE/GCP ProviderAnalysed#1842829ValidAccess ControlHigh2023-08-04$2,50052
RCE on ingress-nginx-controller via Ingress spec.rules.http.paths.path fieldAnalysed#1620702ValidCommand and Code InjectionHigh2023-10-26$2,50047
Loading YAML in Java client can lead to command executionAnalysed#1167773ValidDeserialization and Object InjectionMedium2021-08-07$1,00045
Code inject via nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/permanent-redirect annotationAnalysed#2039464ValidCommand and Code InjectionHigh2023-10-25$2,50040
Ingress-nginx annotation injection allows retrieval of ingress-nginx serviceaccount token and secrets across all namespacesAnalysed#1378175ValidCommand and Code InjectionHigh2022-08-13–34
SSRF for kube-apiserver cloudprovider sceneAnalysed#941178ValidServer-Side Request ForgeryMedium2021-10-07–24
Half-Blind SSRF found in kube/cloud-controller-manager can be upgraded to complete SSRF (fully crafted HTTP requests) in vendor managed k8s service.Analysed#776017ValidServer-Side Request ForgeryHigh2020-10-30$5,00021
Ingress-nginx path allows retrieval of ingress-nginx serviceaccount tokenAnalysed#1382919ValidAccess ControlHigh2022-08-06$2,50017
Code Injection via Insecure Yaml.loadAnalysed#1051192ValidCommand and Code InjectionLow2021-05-01$25017

Status and severity are HackerOne's. “Access stated” is what the title says; “Access needed” and techniques come from CyberSIXT's analysis of the public report, where there is one, which can be wrong. Data as of 2026-11-15.