CVE-2026-122302: critical vulnerability in kyverno
Kyverno before 1.19.2 Privilege Escalation via Generate Rule Permission Check
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25Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 9.3
Kyverno before 1.19.2 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability that allows namespace admins to create resources beyond their RBAC because generate-rule admission checks verify the controller's permissions, not the author's. Attackers can create a namespaced Policy with generate rules targeting other namespaces or cluster-scoped kinds, making the background controller create or clone resources cluster-wide.
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Affected products
kyverno · kyvernoRelated CVEs — kyverno
In the same product, most dangerous first.
CVE-2025-46342HIGHKyverno vulnerable to bypass of policy rules that use namespace selectors in match statementsEPSS 0.8%CVE-2023-42814LOWDenial of service from malicious image manifest in kyvernoEPSS 0.7%CVE-2023-42815LOWDenial of service from malicious image manifest in kyvernoEPSS 0.7%CVE-2023-42813MEDIUMDenial of service from malicious manifest in kyvernoEPSS 0.7%CVE-2026-23881HIGHKyverno Denial of Service via Context Variable Amplification in Policy EngineEPSS 0.6%CVE-2026-100706CRITICALkyverno before 1.19.1 Privilege Escalation via Policy apiCall urlPathEPSS 0.6%