Kyverno before 1.19.2 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability that allows namespace admins to create resources beyond their RBAC because…
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.
Read at NIST National Vulnerability Database (CVE API 2.0)
- Vendor
- Kyverno
- Product
- kyverno
- CVSS v3.1
- 9.8 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness
- CWE-269
- NVD status
- Received
Why it ranks 33 (Notable)
- CVSS v3.1 9.8 critical
- Recency: items published within 24 hours gain 15, within 72 hours 6, within 7 days 2.