CVE-2026-122314— Kyverno before 1.19.2 Denial of Service via Shallow Variable Substitution Panic

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Affected

kyverno kyverno

Exploitation

No confirmed in-the-wild exploitation; assess based on exposure

Recommended action

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

在 1.19.2 版本之前的 Kyverno 中，其变量替换引擎存在一处未经检查的类型断言漏洞。该漏洞允许能够提交资源的用户导致策略引擎崩溃。攻击者可以提交包含非字符串字段的资源，这些字段在策略中通过浅层替换语法被引用，从而引发 panic（恐慌），造成 webhook 拒绝服务；若配置了，还将导致策略绕过。

CVSS 7.5 · High Updated Nov 05, 2026

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Vulnerability Title

Kyverno before 1.19.2 Denial of Service via Shallow Variable Substitution Panic

Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5

Vulnerability Description

Kyverno before 1.19.2 contains an unchecked type assertion in its variable-substitution engine that allows users who can submit resources to crash the policy engine. Attackers can submit resources with non-string fields referenced by {{- variable }} shallow substitution in policies, causing a panic that yields webhook denial of service and policy bypass under failurePolicy Ignore.

Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5

CVSS Information

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5

Vulnerability Type

未捕获的异常

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-2026-122314 (2)

https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno/security/advisories/GHSA-x4xq-p8g4-6fwg vendor-advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/kyverno-before-1.19.2-denial-of-service-via-shallow-variable-substitution-panic third-party-advisory

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-122314

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-2026-122303	9.9 CRITICAL	Kyverno 1.17.0 before 1.19.2 Cross-Namespace Resource Overwrite via NamespacedMutatingPoli
CVE-2026-122304	9.9 CRITICAL	Kyverno 1.17.0 before 1.19.2 Privilege Escalation via CleanupPolicy Context Loader
CVE-2026-122311	9.9 CRITICAL	Kyverno 1.16.0 before 1.19.2 Path Traversal in Namespaced CEL Policies via resource argume
CVE-2026-122302	9.8 CRITICAL	Kyverno before 1.19.2 Privilege Escalation via Generate Rule Permission Check
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-2026-122315	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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