Description
Kyverno before 1.19.2 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability in the Generation Handler that allows users with create/update permissions to trigger synchronized generate policies by spoofing internal generate.kyverno.io labels. Attackers can label a ConfigMap as managed-by kyverno with crafted policy, rule, and trigger labels to clone sensitive Secrets from restricted namespaces into their own namespace.
Published: 2026-11-05
Score: 8.4 High
EPSS: n/a
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 before 1.19.2 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability in the Generation Handler that allows users with create/update permissions to trigger synchronized generate policies by spoofing internal generate.kyverno.io labels. Attackers can label a ConfigMap as managed-by kyverno with crafted policy, rule, and trigger labels to clone sensitive Secrets from restricted namespaces into their own namespace.
Title Kyverno before 1.19.2 Label Spoofing via Generation Handler processRequest
First Time appeared Kyverno
Kyverno kyverno
Weaknesses CWE-639
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:H/I:L/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

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


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-05T02:25:11.587Z

Reserved: 2026-11-04T23:23:51.290Z

Link: CVE-2026-122308

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-11-05T03:17:23.000

Modified: 2026-11-05T03:17:23.000

Link: CVE-2026-122308

cve-icon Redhat

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

Weaknesses
  • CWE-639

    Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key