๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-122311

CRITICAL 9.9

Kyverno 1.16.0 before 1.19.2 Path Traversal in Namespaced CEL Policies via resource argument

CVSS Score
9.9
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

Kyverno from 1.16.0 before 1.19.2 fails to validate path segments in the resource argument of resource.get() and resource.post(), allowing namespaced CEL policies to escape their namespace. Tenants who can create a NamespacedValidatingPolicy can insert .. segments to read and write arbitrary cluster objects using the admission controller's ServiceAccount, leading to cluster takeover.

CWE CWE-22
Vendor kyverno
Product kyverno
Published Nov 5, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Affected Versions

kyverno / kyverno
1.16.0 < 1.19.2

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
github.com: https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno/security/advisories/GHSA-4pqm-wqq6-h9q2 vulncheck.com: https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/kyverno-1.16.0-before-1.19.2-path-traversal-in-namespaced-cel-policies-via-resource-argument

Credits

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