Kyverno lets namespace admins create and change resources beyond their rights
Some admins of a Kubernetes policy tool can do things beyond their rights!
Summary
Several flaws in the Kyverno policy engine let a namespace admin create or change resources in other namespaces or cluster-wide, beyond their own RBAC rights. Denial of service, policy bypass and image verification bypass are also reported.
Affected when
- namespace admin rights to create Policy resources
What to do
Update to Kyverno 1.19.2 or later.
Products and platforms
CVE IDs
- CVE-2026-122302 (opens in a new tab)
- CVE-2026-122303 (opens in a new tab)
- CVE-2026-122304 (opens in a new tab)
- CVE-2026-122305 (opens in a new tab)
- CVE-2026-122306 (opens in a new tab)
- CVE-2026-122307 (opens in a new tab)
- CVE-2026-122308 (opens in a new tab)
- CVE-2026-122309 (opens in a new tab)
- CVE-2026-122310 (opens in a new tab)
- CVE-2026-122311 (opens in a new tab)
11 more CVE IDs
- CVE-2026-122312 (opens in a new tab)
- CVE-2026-122313 (opens in a new tab)
- CVE-2026-122314 (opens in a new tab)
- CVE-2026-122315 (opens in a new tab)
- CVE-2026-122316 (opens in a new tab)
- CVE-2026-122318 (opens in a new tab)
- CVE-2026-122319 (opens in a new tab)
- CVE-2026-122320 (opens in a new tab)
- CVE-2026-122321 (opens in a new tab)
- CVE-2026-122322 (opens in a new tab)
- CVE-2026-122323 (opens in a new tab)
Sources
- Advisory: github.com (opens in a new tab) · github.com (opens in a new tab) · github.com (opens in a new tab) · github.com (opens in a new tab) · github.com (opens in a new tab) · github.com (opens in a new tab) · github.com (opens in a new tab) · github.com (opens in a new tab) · github.com (opens in a new tab) · github.com (opens in a new tab) · github.com (opens in a new tab) · github.com (opens in a new tab) · github.com (opens in a new tab) · github.com (opens in a new tab) · github.com (opens in a new tab) · github.com (opens in a new tab) · github.com (opens in a new tab) · github.com (opens in a new tab) · github.com (opens in a new tab) · github.com (opens in a new tab) · github.com (opens in a new tab) · github.com (opens in a new tab)
- Write-up: vulncheck.com (opens in a new tab) · vulncheck.com (opens in a new tab) · vulncheck.com (opens in a new tab) · vulncheck.com (opens in a new tab) · vulncheck.com (opens in a new tab) · vulncheck.com (opens in a new tab) · vulncheck.com (opens in a new tab) · vulncheck.com (opens in a new tab) · vulncheck.com (opens in a new tab) · vulncheck.com (opens in a new tab) · vulncheck.com (opens in a new tab) · vulncheck.com (opens in a new tab) · vulncheck.com (opens in a new tab) · vulncheck.com (opens in a new tab) · vulncheck.com (opens in a new tab) · vulncheck.com (opens in a new tab) · vulncheck.com (opens in a new tab) · vulncheck.com (opens in a new tab) · vulncheck.com (opens in a new tab) · vulncheck.com (opens in a new tab) · vulncheck.com (opens in a new tab)
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