diff --git a/docs/user-guide/nginx-configuration/configmap.md b/docs/user-guide/nginx-configuration/configmap.md
index fc093c4afb..d58ef17cd6 100755
--- a/docs/user-guide/nginx-configuration/configmap.md
+++ b/docs/user-guide/nginx-configuration/configmap.md
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ The following table shows a configuration option's name, type, and the default v
 |[add-headers](#add-headers)|string|""|
 |[allow-backend-server-header](#allow-backend-server-header)|bool|"false"|
 |[allow-snippet-annotations](#allow-snippet-annotations)|bool|true|
+|[annotation-value-word-blocklist](#annotation-value-word-blocklist)|string array|"load_module","lua_package","_by_lua","location","root","proxy_pass","serviceaccount","{","}","'","\"
 |[hide-headers](#hide-headers)|string array|empty|
 |[access-log-params](#access-log-params)|string|""|
 |[access-log-path](#access-log-path)|string|"/var/log/nginx/access.log"|
@@ -222,6 +223,23 @@ Enables Ingress to parse and add *-snippet annotations/directives created by the
 Warning: We recommend enabling this option only if you TRUST users with permission to create Ingress objects, as this 
 may allow a user to add restricted configurations to the final nginx.conf file
 
+## annotation-value-word-blocklist
+
+Contains a comma-separated value of chars/words that are well known of being used to abuse Ingress configuration 
+and must be blocked.
+
+When an annotation is detected with a value that matches one of the blocked badwords, the whole Ingress wont be configured.
+
+_**default:**_ `"load_module,lua_package,_by_lua,location,root,proxy_pass,serviceaccount,{,},',\"`
+
+
+Warning: The default value already contains a sane set of badwords. Some features like mod_security needs characters that are blocked, and it's up to the Ingress admin to remove this characters from the blocklist.
+
+When doing this, the default blocklist is overrided, which means that the Ingress admin should add all the words
+that should be blocked.
+
+If you find some word should not be on the default list, or if you think that we should add more badwords, please 
+feel free to open an issue with your case!
 ## hide-headers
 
 Sets additional header that will not be passed from the upstream server to the client response.
diff --git a/internal/ingress/controller/controller.go b/internal/ingress/controller/controller.go
index b1dbf9cd1e..fb06a58c6e 100644
--- a/internal/ingress/controller/controller.go
+++ b/internal/ingress/controller/controller.go
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ func (n *NGINXController) CheckIngress(ing *networking.Ingress) error {
 		}
 		if strings.HasPrefix(key, fmt.Sprintf("%s/", parser.AnnotationsPrefix)) {
 			for _, forbiddenvalue := range arraybadWords {
-				if strings.Contains(value, forbiddenvalue) {
+				if strings.Contains(value, strings.TrimSpace(forbiddenvalue)) {
 					return fmt.Errorf("%s annotation contains invalid word %s", key, forbiddenvalue)
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/internal/ingress/controller/controller_test.go b/internal/ingress/controller/controller_test.go
index 15367bc0d3..b67929b972 100644
--- a/internal/ingress/controller/controller_test.go
+++ b/internal/ingress/controller/controller_test.go
@@ -284,6 +284,10 @@ func TestCheckIngress(t *testing.T) {
 			if err := nginx.CheckIngress(ing); err == nil {
 				t.Errorf("with an invalid value in annotation the ingress should be rejected")
 			}
+			ing.ObjectMeta.Annotations["nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/custom-headers"] = "another_directive"
+			if err := nginx.CheckIngress(ing); err == nil {
+				t.Errorf("with an invalid value in annotation the ingress should be rejected")
+			}
 		})
 
 		t.Run("When a new catch-all ingress is being created despite catch-alls being disabled ", func(t *testing.T) {