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CVE-2026-122302— Kyverno before 1.19.2 Privilege Escalation via Generate Rule Permission Check

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kyverno kyverno
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Check the vendor advisory and references for a fixed version. If immediate upgrade is impossible, restrict exposure and increase monitoring.

Kyverno 1.19.2 之前的版本存在一个权限提升漏洞：由于生成规则（generate-rule）的准入检查验证的是控制器的权限而非策略作者的权限，命名空间管理员能够绕过基于角色的访问控制（RBAC），创建超出其权限范围的资源。攻击者可创建一个命名空间级别的策略（Policy），其中包含生成规则，这些规则指向其他命名空间或集群级资源类型，从而诱使后台控制器在集群范围内创建或克隆资源。

CVSS 9.8 · Critical
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2026-122302

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Vulnerability Title
Kyverno before 1.19.2 Privilege Escalation via Generate Rule Permission Check
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Description
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.
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
CVSS Information
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Type
特权管理不恰当
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5

Affected Products

Vendor Product Affected Versions CPE Subscribe
kyverno kyverno 0 ~ 1.19.2 -

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Other References for CVE-2026-122302 (2)

Same Patch Batch · kyverno · 2026-11-05 · 21 CVEs total

CVE-2026-122313 9.9 CRITICAL Kyverno 1.17.0 before 1.19.2 Cross-Namespace Privilege Escalation via NamespacedMutatingPo
CVE-2026-122310 9.9 CRITICAL Kyverno 1.19.1 before 1.19.2 Privilege Escalation via Policy apiCall urlPath
CVE-2026-122304 9.9 CRITICAL Kyverno 1.17.0 before 1.19.2 Privilege Escalation via CleanupPolicy Context Loader
CVE-2026-122303 9.9 CRITICAL Kyverno 1.17.0 before 1.19.2 Cross-Namespace Resource Overwrite via NamespacedMutatingPoli
CVE-2026-122311 9.9 CRITICAL Kyverno 1.16.0 before 1.19.2 Path Traversal in Namespaced CEL Policies via resource argume
CVE-2026-122321 9.1 CRITICAL Kyverno 1.18.0 before 1.19.2 verifyImages Cache Signature Verification Bypass
CVE-2026-122308 8.5 HIGH Kyverno before 1.19.2 Label Spoofing via Generation Handler processRequest
CVE-2026-122316 8.5 HIGH Kyverno 1.17.0 before 1.19.2 Cross-Namespace Write via NamespacedMutatingPolicy mutateExis
CVE-2026-122320 7.7 HIGH Kyverno before 1.19.2 Cross-Namespace Resource Read via generate.clone
CVE-2026-122307 7.7 HIGH Kyverno before 1.19.2 Policy Bypass via admissionpolicygenerator PolicyException Handling
CVE-2026-122318 7.7 HIGH Kyverno before 1.19.2 Cosign Identity Check Bypass via Empty SAN Certificates
CVE-2026-122306 7.7 HIGH Kyverno before 1.19.2 Denial of Service via Exponential-Time Wildcard Matching
CVE-2026-122312 7.7 HIGH Kyverno 1.19.1 before 1.19.2 Namespace Isolation Bypass via APICall URLPath Query String
CVE-2026-122305 7.7 HIGH Kyverno before 1.19.2 Denial of Service via Nested Variable Substitution Loop
CVE-2026-122319 7.5 HIGH Kyverno before 1.19.2 Denial of Service via In/NotIn Operator Panic
CVE-2026-122322 7.5 HIGH Kyverno from 1.11.0 before 1.19.2 Memory Exhaustion via Notary Attestation Decompression
CVE-2026-122323 7.5 HIGH Kyverno 1.11.0 before 1.19.2 Memory Exhaustion via Notary Signature Decompression
CVE-2026-122314 7.5 HIGH Kyverno before 1.19.2 Denial of Service via Shallow Variable Substitution Panic
CVE-2026-122315 7.5 HIGH Kyverno before 1.19.2 Image Verification Bypass via Attestation Type Panic
CVE-2026-122309 6.2 MEDIUM Kyverno before 1.19.2 Denial of Service via Unbounded CEL Policy Evaluation Cost

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Same weakness: CWE-269