# Kyverno vulnerabilities

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/kyverno  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Updated: 13 November 2026, 03:07 UTC. Rebuilt every hour.  
Data: https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/kyverno.json  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

Junglewise Threat Intelligence has tracked 41 vulnerabilities in Kyverno: 2 in the last 7 days and 34 in the last 90 days, 11 of them critical and 0 exploited in the wild. The most recent, CVE-2026-124441, was published on 8 November 2026. 22 vulnerabilities in the last four weeks, up 340% on the four before (5). 8 critical against 1. 1 technology has a page of its own.

## Counts

- Last 7 days: 2
- Last 30 days: 22
- Last 90 days: 34
- All time: 41 (11 critical, 0 exploited in the wild)

## About Kyverno

An open source project providing a policy engine designed for Kubernetes.

## Latest Kyverno vulnerabilities

- [CVE-2026-124441: Kyverno authorization bypass in generate rule validation](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-124441-kyverno-before-1-19-2-contains-an-authorization-bypass) (high, CVSS 8.8, published 8 Nov 2026)
- [CVE-2026-124440: Kyverno apiCall authorization bypass in namespace clamp](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-124440-kyverno-from-1-19-1-before-1-19-2-contains-an-authorization) (critical, CVSS 9.9, published 8 Nov 2026)
- [CVE-2026-122323: Kyverno unbounded decompression in notary signature fetch](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-122323-kyverno-from-1-11-0-before-1-19-2-contains-an-unbounded) (high, CVSS 7.5, published 5 Nov 2026)
- [CVE-2026-122321: Kyverno verifyImages signature verification bypass via cache](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-122321-kyverno-1-18-0-before-1-19-2-contains-a-signature-verification) (critical, CVSS 9.1, published 5 Nov 2026)
- [CVE-2026-122320: Kyverno missing authorization in generate.clone namespace](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-122320-kyverno-before-1-19-2-contains-a-missing-authorization) (high, CVSS 7.7, published 5 Nov 2026)
- [CVE-2026-122319: Kyverno denial-of-service in In and NotIn operators](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-122319-kyverno-before-1-19-2-contains-a-denial-of-service-vulnerability) (high, CVSS 7.5, published 5 Nov 2026)
- [CVE-2026-122318: Kyverno authentication bypass in certificate verification](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-122318-kyverno-before-1-19-2-contains-an-authentication-bypass-in) (high, CVSS 7.7, published 5 Nov 2026)
- [CVE-2026-122316: Kyverno NamespacedMutatingPolicy missing authorization in mutate-existing](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-122316-kyverno-from-1-17-0-before-1-19-2-contains-a-missing) (high, CVSS 8.5, published 5 Nov 2026)
- [CVE-2026-122315: Kyverno unchecked type assertion in buildStatementMap](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-122315-kyverno-before-1-19-2-contains-an-unchecked-type-assertion-in) (high, CVSS 7.5, published 5 Nov 2026)
- [CVE-2026-122314: Kyverno unchecked type assertion in variable substitution](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-122314-kyverno-before-1-19-2-contains-an-unchecked-type-assertion-in) (high, CVSS 7.5, published 5 Nov 2026)
- [CVE-2026-122313: Kyverno NamespacedMutatingPolicy privilege escalation via CEL expression](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-122313-kyverno-from-1-17-0-before-1-19-2-contains-a-privilege) (critical, CVSS 9.9, published 5 Nov 2026)
- [CVE-2026-122312: Kyverno namespace isolation bypass in APICall URLPath](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-122312-kyverno-from-1-19-1-before-1-19-2-contains-a-namespace-isolation) (high, CVSS 7.7, published 5 Nov 2026)
- [CVE-2026-122311: Kyverno path traversal in namespaced CEL policies via resource argument](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-122311-kyverno-from-1-16-0-before-1-19-2-fails-to-validate-path) (critical, CVSS 9.9, published 5 Nov 2026)
- [CVE-2026-122310: Kyverno privilege escalation to cluster admin via Policy apiCall urlPath](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-122310-kyverno-from-1-19-1-before-1-19-2-validates-a-policy-s-context) (critical, CVSS 9.9, published 5 Nov 2026)
- [CVE-2026-122309: Kyverno CEL policy denial of service via unbounded evaluation](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-122309-kyverno-before-1-19-2-contains-a-denial-of-service-vulnerability) (medium, CVSS 6.2, published 5 Nov 2026)
- [CVE-2026-122308: Kyverno authorization bypass in Generation Handler](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-122308-kyverno-before-1-19-2-contains-an-authorization-bypass) (high, CVSS 8.5, published 5 Nov 2026)
- [CVE-2026-122307: Kyverno admissionpolicygenerator policy bypass in PolicyException handling](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-122307-kyverno-before-1-19-2-contains-a-policy-bypass-vulnerability-in) (high, CVSS 7.7, published 5 Nov 2026)
- [CVE-2026-122306: Kyverno denial of service via wildcard matching](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-122306-kyverno-before-1-19-2-contains-a-denial-of-service-vulnerability) (high, CVSS 7.7, published 5 Nov 2026)
- [CVE-2026-122305: Kyverno admission webhook denial of service in variable substitution](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-122305-kyverno-before-1-19-2-contains-a-denial-of-service-vulnerability) (high, CVSS 7.7, published 5 Nov 2026)
- [CVE-2026-122304: Kyverno authorization bypass in CleanupPolicy context handling](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-122304-kyverno-from-1-17-0-before-1-19-2-contains-an-authorization) (critical, CVSS 9.9, published 5 Nov 2026)
- [CVE-2026-122303: Kyverno NamespacedMutatingPolicy authorization bypass in mutate-existing](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-122303-kyverno-from-1-17-0-before-1-19-2-contains-an-authorization) (critical, CVSS 9.9, published 5 Nov 2026)
- [CVE-2026-122302: Kyverno privilege escalation in generate-rule permission checks](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-122302-kyverno-before-1-19-2-contains-a-privilege-escalation) (critical, CVSS 9.8, published 5 Nov 2026)
- [CVE-2026-100707: Kyverno path traversal in apiCall context entry](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-100707-kyverno-before-1-19-1-contains-a-namespace-isolation-bypass-in) (high, CVSS 7.7, published 26 Sep 2026)
- [CVE-2026-100706: Kyverno Policy apiCall URL path validation bypass](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-100706-kyverno-before-1-19-1-fails-to-properly-validate-url-encoded) (critical, CVSS 9.9, published 26 Sep 2026)
- [CVE-2026-100705: Kyverno server-side request forgery in apiCall executor](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-100705-kyverno-before-1-19-1-is-vulnerable-to-server-side-request) (high, CVSS 7.6, published 26 Sep 2026)

## Most severe Kyverno vulnerabilities

- [CVE-2026-124440: Kyverno apiCall authorization bypass in namespace clamp](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-124440-kyverno-from-1-19-1-before-1-19-2-contains-an-authorization) (critical, CVSS 9.9, published 8 Nov 2026)
- [CVE-2026-122313: Kyverno NamespacedMutatingPolicy privilege escalation via CEL expression](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-122313-kyverno-from-1-17-0-before-1-19-2-contains-a-privilege) (critical, CVSS 9.9, published 5 Nov 2026)
- [CVE-2026-122311: Kyverno path traversal in namespaced CEL policies via resource argument](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-122311-kyverno-from-1-16-0-before-1-19-2-fails-to-validate-path) (critical, CVSS 9.9, published 5 Nov 2026)
- [CVE-2026-122310: Kyverno privilege escalation to cluster admin via Policy apiCall urlPath](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-122310-kyverno-from-1-19-1-before-1-19-2-validates-a-policy-s-context) (critical, CVSS 9.9, published 5 Nov 2026)
- [CVE-2026-122304: Kyverno authorization bypass in CleanupPolicy context handling](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-122304-kyverno-from-1-17-0-before-1-19-2-contains-an-authorization) (critical, CVSS 9.9, published 5 Nov 2026)
- [CVE-2026-122303: Kyverno NamespacedMutatingPolicy authorization bypass in mutate-existing](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-122303-kyverno-from-1-17-0-before-1-19-2-contains-an-authorization) (critical, CVSS 9.9, published 5 Nov 2026)
- [CVE-2026-100706: Kyverno Policy apiCall URL path validation bypass](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-100706-kyverno-before-1-19-1-fails-to-properly-validate-url-encoded) (critical, CVSS 9.9, published 26 Sep 2026)
- [CVE-2026-122302: Kyverno privilege escalation in generate-rule permission checks](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-122302-kyverno-before-1-19-2-contains-a-privilege-escalation) (critical, CVSS 9.8, published 5 Nov 2026)
- [CVE-2026-54523: Kyverno NamespacedMutatingPolicy generator.apply() namespace validation bypass](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-54523-kyverno-namespacedmutatingpolicy-generator-apply-namespace) (critical, CVSS 9.6, published 26 Aug 2026)
- [CVE-2026-122321: Kyverno verifyImages signature verification bypass via cache](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-122321-kyverno-1-18-0-before-1-19-2-contains-a-signature-verification) (critical, CVSS 9.1, published 5 Nov 2026)

## Vulnerabilities per week

22 vulnerabilities in the last four weeks, up 340% on the four before (5). 8 critical against 1.

| Week of | Vulns | Critical | Exploited |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17 Aug 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 Aug 2026 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 Sep 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 Sep 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 Sep 2026 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 Sep 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 Nov 2026 | 22 | 8 | 0 |
| 9 Nov 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Kyverno technologies

- [Kyverno](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/kyverno): 40 vulnerabilities

## Sources

NVD, GitHub Security Advisories, OSV, the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, FIRST EPSS and vendor advisories. Rebuilt every hour. Cite as: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, "Kyverno vulnerabilities", https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/kyverno, 13 November 2026.
