Vulnerability details

CVE-2026-122311

kyverno kyverno

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

CVSS 4.0
9.4Critical

Official description

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.

CVSS scores

ScoreVersionSourceVector
9.4Critical 4.0 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (VulnCheck) CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
9.9Critical 3.1 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (VulnCheck) CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

VendorProductVersionsSource
kyverno kyverno 1.16.0 ≤ v < 1.19.2 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)

References and advisories

2
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Details

Published
2026-11-05
Last updated
2026-11-09
State
Published
Assigner (CNA)
VulnCheck
Kolun priority
24 · Low

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.44%
Probability of exploitation in 30 days
39.1%
Percentile (among all CVEs)

SSVC assessment (CISA)

Automatable
No
Exploitation
None
Technical impact
Total

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-22
    Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')