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CVE-2026-41068

Kyverno: Cross-Namespace Read Bypasses RBAC Isolation (CVE-2026-22039 Incomplete Fix)

Published: Apr 24, 2026Updated: Apr 27, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-863
7.7HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 81.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
Not available

Description

Kyverno is a policy engine designed for cloud native platform engineering teams. The patch for CVE-2026-22039 fixed cross-namespace privilege escalation in Kyverno's `apiCall` context by validating the `URLPath` field. However, the ConfigMap context loader has the identical vulnerability — the `configMap.namespace` field accepts any namespace with zero validation, allowing a namespace admin to read ConfigMaps from any namespace using Kyverno's privileged service account. This is a complete RBAC bypass in multi-tenant Kubernetes clusters. An updated fix is available in version 1.17.2.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:LUI:NS:CC:HI:NA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:CScope
Changed
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:NIntegrity
None
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-863

Affected Products

kyverno
oss-projectaka kyverno.io
kyvernoOn-prem
Cloud & SaaS / container-orchestration

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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MITRE ATT&CK

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References

https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno/commit/bbf3e5c01391d612968440659028ae98e565a777
github.com
https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno/security/advisories/GHSA-cvq5-hhx3-f99p
github.com

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