Kyverno before 1.19.2 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability that allows namespaced tenants to generate any resource kind in any namespace by templating the generate rule's kind and namespace with variables. Attackers can create a Policy and trigger ConfigMap in their own namespace, causing the privileged background-controller to write NetworkPolicies or RoleBindings into victim or kube-system namespaces.
History

Sun, 08 Nov 2026 13:30:00 +0000

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Description Kyverno before 1.19.2 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability that allows namespaced tenants to generate any resource kind in any namespace by templating the generate rule's kind and namespace with variables. Attackers can create a Policy and trigger ConfigMap in their own namespace, causing the privileged background-controller to write NetworkPolicies or RoleBindings into victim or kube-system namespaces.
Title Kyverno before 1.19.2 Authorization Bypass via Variable Generate Target Kind
First Time appeared Kyverno
Kyverno kyverno
Weaknesses CWE-863
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:kyverno:kyverno:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Kyverno
Kyverno kyverno
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published: 2026-11-08T13:15:34.393Z

Updated: 2026-11-13T03:19:27.121Z

Reserved: 2026-11-08T02:13:42.362Z

Link: CVE-2026-124441

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-11-08T14:18:10.800

Modified: 2026-11-13T04:17:39.930

Link: CVE-2026-124441

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