Kyverno before 1.19.2 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability in the Generation Handler that allows users with create/update permissions to trigger synchronized generate policies by spoofing internal generate.kyverno.io labels. Attackers can label a ConfigMap as managed-by kyverno with crafted policy, rule, and trigger labels to clone sensitive Secrets from restricted namespaces into their own namespace.
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Tue, 10 Nov 2026 21:30:00 +0000
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Fri, 06 Nov 2026 12:15:00 +0000
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| Weaknesses | CWE-807 | |
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Thu, 05 Nov 2026 02:45:00 +0000
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| Description | Kyverno before 1.19.2 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability in the Generation Handler that allows users with create/update permissions to trigger synchronized generate policies by spoofing internal generate.kyverno.io labels. Attackers can label a ConfigMap as managed-by kyverno with crafted policy, rule, and trigger labels to clone sensitive Secrets from restricted namespaces into their own namespace. | |
| Title | Kyverno before 1.19.2 Label Spoofing via Generation Handler processRequest | |
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Kyverno
Kyverno kyverno |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-639 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:kyverno:kyverno:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Kyverno
Kyverno kyverno |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
Published: 2026-11-05T02:25:11.587Z
Updated: 2026-11-09T16:54:33.322Z
Reserved: 2026-11-04T23:23:51.290Z
Link: CVE-2026-122308
Updated: 2026-11-09T16:09:51.627Z
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2026-11-05T03:17:23.000
Modified: 2026-11-10T21:37:45.140
Link: CVE-2026-122308