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Critical · 9.8 CVE-2026-122302 EUVD-2026-117213GHSA-p456-76q8-jj5q

Kyverno before 1.19.2 Privilege Escalation via Generate Rule Permission Check

Published Nov 5, 2026 · Updated Nov 9, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
kyverno kyverno < 1.19.2 1.19.2

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Wolfi

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Wolfi rolling kyverno-1.17 +1 No fix yet —

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