Description
Kyverno from 1.17.0 before 1.19.2 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in the mutate-existing background processor that allows namespaced tenants to modify resources outside their namespace. Attackers can create a NamespacedMutatingPolicy targeting Namespace objects or victim-namespace resources via CEL expressions, making the background-controller ServiceAccount strip Pod Security labels cluster-wide.
Published: 2026-11-05
Score: 8.4 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Thu, 05 Nov 2026 02:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Kyverno from 1.17.0 before 1.19.2 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in the mutate-existing background processor that allows namespaced tenants to modify resources outside their namespace. Attackers can create a NamespacedMutatingPolicy targeting Namespace objects or victim-namespace resources via CEL expressions, making the background-controller ServiceAccount strip Pod Security labels cluster-wide.
Title Kyverno 1.17.0 before 1.19.2 Cross-Namespace Write via NamespacedMutatingPolicy mutateExisting
First Time appeared Kyverno
Kyverno kyverno
Weaknesses CWE-862
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:kyverno:kyverno:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Kyverno
Kyverno kyverno
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/SC:L/SI:H/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-05T02:25:17.167Z

Reserved: 2026-11-04T23:25:07.316Z

Link: CVE-2026-122316

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Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-11-05T03:17:24.360

Modified: 2026-11-05T14:58:03.553

Link: CVE-2026-122316

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Updated: 2026-11-05T04:45:14Z

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