CVE-2026-124440 PUBLISHED

Kyverno 1.19.1 Privilege Escalation via apiCall Namespace Clamp Bypass

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 08.11.2026 Published: 08.11.2026 Updated: 08.11.2026

Kyverno from 1.19.1 before 1.19.2 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability in the apiCall namespace clamp that allows namespace tenants to issue cross-namespace and cluster-scoped API requests by appending malformed percent-escapes to urlPath. Attackers can create namespaced Policies whose apiCall runs as the admission-controller ServiceAccount to read other namespaces' resources and create mutating webhooks, escalating to cluster admin.

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 1.19.1 to 1.19.2 (excl.)
  • Version 1.19.2 is unaffected

Credits

  • WarlordSam07 finder

References

Problem Types

  • Unintended Proxy or Intermediary ('Confused Deputy') CWE