CVE-2026-23742 HIGH

CVE-2026-23742: Skipper arbitrary code execution through lua filters

Vendor Zalando
Product skipper
Weakness CWE-94 · Code injection
Published January 16, 2026
Last update January 16, 2026

CVSS base score

8.8/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Skipper is an HTTP router and reverse proxy for service composition. The default skipper configuration before 0.23.0 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. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.23.0.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

January 16, 2026 CVE published
January 16, 2026 Record updated