CVE-2026-122313 PUBLISHED

Kyverno 1.17.0 before 1.19.2 Cross-Namespace Privilege Escalation via NamespacedMutatingPolicy

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 04.11.2026 Published: 05.11.2026 Updated: 05.11.2026

Kyverno from 1.17.0 before 1.19.2 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability that allows namespace-scoped tenants to modify resources in other namespaces through NamespacedMutatingPolicy targetMatchConstraints.expression CEL output lacking namespace checks. Attackers can emit a literal target such as another tenant's RoleBinding, which the cluster-wide background controller then mutates to add attacker subjects or alter Roles, NetworkPolicies, and ConfigMaps.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
CVSS Score: 9.4

Product Status

Vendor kyverno
Product kyverno
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 1.17.0 to 1.19.2 (excl.)
  • Version 1.19.2 is unaffected

Credits

  • manus-use finder

References

Problem Types

  • Improper Privilege Management CWE