CVE-2026-122323 PUBLISHED

Kyverno 1.11.0 before 1.19.2 Memory Exhaustion via Notary Signature Decompression

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

Kyverno from 1.11.0 before 1.19.2 contains an unbounded decompression vulnerability in FetchSignatureBlob that allows attackers to exhaust memory by supplying highly compressed notary signature layers. Attackers who control registry referrers or signatures can publish small gzip layers that decompress beyond maxPayloadSize, causing admission controller OOM kills and denial of service.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 8.7

Product Status

Vendor kyverno
Product kyverno
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 1.11.0 to 1.19.2 (excl.)
  • Version 1.19.2 is unaffected

Credits

  • 1seal finder

References

Problem Types

  • Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification) CWE