Kyverno from 1.17.0 before 1.19.2 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in the mutate-existing background processor that allows namespaced tenants to modify resources outside their namespace. Attackers can create a NamespacedMutatingPolicy targeting Namespace objects or victim-namespace resources via CEL expressions, making the background-controller ServiceAccount strip Pod Security labels cluster-wide.
History

Tue, 10 Nov 2026 21:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 06 Nov 2026 12:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-639
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Important


Thu, 05 Nov 2026 02:45:00 +0000

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Description Kyverno from 1.17.0 before 1.19.2 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in the mutate-existing background processor that allows namespaced tenants to modify resources outside their namespace. Attackers can create a NamespacedMutatingPolicy targeting Namespace objects or victim-namespace resources via CEL expressions, making the background-controller ServiceAccount strip Pod Security labels cluster-wide.
Title Kyverno 1.17.0 before 1.19.2 Cross-Namespace Write via NamespacedMutatingPolicy mutateExisting
First Time appeared Kyverno
Kyverno kyverno
Weaknesses CWE-862
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:kyverno:kyverno:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Kyverno
Kyverno kyverno
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/SC:L/SI:H/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published: 2026-11-05T02:25:17.167Z

Updated: 2026-11-09T16:53:10.095Z

Reserved: 2026-11-04T23:25:07.316Z

Link: CVE-2026-122316

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-11-09T16:09:59.161Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-11-05T03:17:24.360

Modified: 2026-11-10T20:32:07.180

Link: CVE-2026-122316

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-11-05T02:25:17Z

Links: CVE-2026-122316 - Bugzilla