CVE-2026-122314

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    CVE-2026-122314

    Published: 5 Nov 2026Last Modified: 7 Nov 2026

    Summary: Kyverno before 1.19.2 Denial of Service via Shallow Variable Substitution Panic

    Details: Kyverno before 1.19.2 contains an unchecked type assertion in its variable-substitution engine that allows users who can submit resources to crash the policy engine. Attackers can submit resources with non-string fields referenced by {{- variable }} shallow substitution in policies, causing a panic that yields webhook denial of service and policy bypass under failurePolicy Ignore.

    References: https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/122xxx/CVE-2026-122314.json, https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno/security/advisories/GHSA-x4xq-p8g4-6fwg, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-122314, https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/kyverno-before-1.19.2-denial-of-service-via-shallow-variable-substitution-panic

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -e63308f1e16c05cd009ac4864be6ec25c66b49be

    Affected versions

    kyverno-policies-chart-3.9.2-rc.5
    kyverno-policies-chart-3.9.1
    kyverno-policies-chart-3.9.0
    kyverno-policies-chart-3.9.0-rc.4
    kyverno-policies-chart-3.9.0-rc.3
    kyverno-policies-chart-3.9.0-rc.2
    kyverno-policies-chart-3.9.0-rc.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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