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Kyverno CVE-2026-100707

| EUVDEUVD-2026-87680 HIGH
Path Traversal (CWE-22)
2026-09-26 VulnCheck GHSA-66wc-m66q-pf76
8.3
CVSS 4.0 · Vendor: VulnCheck
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Authenticate as low-privilege tenant
  2. Delivery
    Create namespaced Policy with apiCall context
  3. Exploit
    Encode dot-segments in urlPath to evade namespace check
  4. Execution
    Kyverno executes request with controller ServiceAccount
  5. Impact
    Read cross-namespace resources and exfiltrate

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V5 - File Handling Path canonicalization, traversal prevention
MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques across 2 tactics: Discovery, Collection

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

Requires an authenticated low-privilege tenant with permission to create or modify namespaced Kyverno Policy resources that include an apiCall context entry with an attacker-controlled urlPath. Exploitation depends on Kyverno versions before 1.19.1 and a multi-tenant deployment where namespace isolation is the security boundary; the attacker crafts percent-encoded dot-segments so validation and execution interpret the path inconsistently. Limiting factors: authentication and namespaced-policy authoring rights are needed (PR:L), and the disclosure value hinges on the Kyverno controller ServiceAccount having broad cross-namespace read permissions (its typical configuration). No user interaction is required.

Impact

This is a genuine cross-tenant confidentiality issue rather than a high-CVSS-but-low-risk paper cut. The vendor CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N = 8.3) is internally consistent with the description: network-reachable Kubernetes API surface, low attack complexity, and only low tenant privileges required, with high confidentiality impact on a subsequent system (other tenants' namespaces) via a scope change (SC:H). No EPSS score, CISA KEV entry, or public exploit code was provided, so exploitation status is 'no public exploit identified at time of analysis' - the elevated score is driven by impact and ease, not by observed in-the-wild activity. The primary limiting factor is that the attacker must already be an authenticated low-privilege tenant with rights to create/modify namespaced Policy resources containing an apiCall context entry; this is a normal capability in multi-tenant Kyverno deployments, so in genuinely multi-tenant clusters the practical risk is meaningful. No key signals are outright conflicting, but the absence of EPSS/KEV/POC means priority should rest on deployment context (true multi-tenancy) rather than assumed mass exploitation.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

A low-privilege tenant, restricted to its own namespace, authors a namespaced Kyverno Policy whose apiCall context entry sets urlPath with percent-encoded dot-segments (e.g. %2e%2e) so that Kyverno's namespace validation and its actual request execution interpret the path differently. When the policy executes, Kyverno issues the API request using its admission controller ServiceAccount, reading Secrets, ConfigMaps, or other resources from namespaces the tenant should not access. No public proof-of-concept was referenced, but the technique is straightforward path-normalization abuse.

This Week Schedule remediation this week. Why: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9).
Patch available 0.5% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Sep 26, 2026

Cross-namespace information disclosure in Kyverno before 1.19.1 allows an authenticated low-privilege tenant to read resources from other namespaces by abusing the apiCall context entry in namespaced Policy resources. The attacker crafts percent-encoded dot-segments in urlPath so that Kyverno's validation and execution stages interpret the path inconsistently, ultimately using the admission controller's ServiceAccount credentials to fetch data across the namespace boundary. Exploitation requires the ability to create or modify namespaced Policy resources and a multi-tenant deployment where namespace isolation is the security boundary; no public exploit identified at time of analysis, and a vendor patch is available in Kyverno 1.19.1.

RemediationAI

Upgrade to Kyverno 1.19.1 or later (Vendor-released patch: 1.19.1). Until patching is possible, restrict which subjects can create or modify namespaced Policy resources that use the apiCall context entry, since the flaw requires that authoring capability; this is a compensating control that may limit legitimate policy workflows for tenants. Additionally, reduce the Kyverno admission controller's ServiceAccount permissions to the minimum cross-namespace read access required, recognizing that overly tight RBAC can break policies that legitimately need cluster-wide data. Blocking or disallowing percent-encoded path segments in urlPath via admission policy is another option, but risks rejecting valid configurations. Monitor controller logs for cross-namespace API reads from namespaced policies as a detection measure. Vendor advisory links: https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno/security/advisories/GHSA-c5qq-7g2q-cpqp and https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/kyverno-before-1.19.1-namespace-isolation-bypass-via-percent-encoded-path.

Affected VersionsENISA

kyverno 0 <1.19.1

Affected Packages

euvd kyverno fix: 1.19.1

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

Kyverno is a Kubernetes policy engine that runs as an admission controller, evaluating Policy and ClusterPolicy custom resources. The apiCall context entry lets a policy fetch external data at evaluation time, and urlPath specifies the API path to request. CVE-2026-100707 is a path traversal (CWE-22) arising from inconsistent interpretation of percent-encoded dot-segments between the validation logic that checks namespace boundaries and the execution logic that performs the HTTP request. A namespaced Policy is supposed to be confined to its own namespace, but the discrepancy allows an attacker-controlled urlPath to escape the intended namespace and cause the controller to read resources with its own ServiceAccount privileges, which typically include broad cross-namespace read rights. Affected CPE: cpe:2.3:a:kyverno:kyverno:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* with versions before 1.19.1 affected.

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Severity by source

Vendor (VulnCheck) PRIMARY 8.3 HIGH
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N
vuln.today AI 7.7 HIGH

Network-reachable K8s API with only low tenant privileges (PR:L, AC:L); reading other namespaces via the controller ServiceAccount crosses the tenant boundary (S:C) with confidentiality-only impact (C:H, I/A:N).

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (VulnCheck).

CVSS VectorVendor: VulnCheck

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
None
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Vulnerable system: Confidentiality
High
Vulnerable system: Integrity
None
Vulnerable system: Availability
None
Subsequent system: Confidentiality
High
Subsequent system: Integrity
None
Subsequent system: Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

2
Patch available
Sep 26, 2026 - 14:02 EUVD
CVE Published
Sep 26, 2026 - 13:24 cve.org
HIGH 8.3

DescriptionCVE.org

Kyverno before 1.19.1 contains a namespace isolation bypass in the apiCall context entry of namespaced Policy resources due to inconsistent path interpretation between validation and execution. A low-privilege tenant can use percent-encoded dot-segments in urlPath to bypass namespace checks and read resources from other namespaces using the Kyverno admission controller's ServiceAccount credentials.

Technical POC Analysis

Evidence note: the supplied material is advisory GHSA-c5qq-7g2q-cpqp.

Full technical POC analysis - root cause, step-by-step exploitation and patch breakdown - is part of the Pro and Business plans.

Executive ViewAI

Why It Matters

Kyverno - the Kubernetes policy engine used to enforce cluster guardrails - contains a high-severity cross-namespace information disclosure flaw (CVE-2026-100707, CVSS 8.3) that allows a tenant able to author namespaced Policy resources to read data belonging to other namespaces using the admission controller's own ServiceAccount credentials. The risk is concentrated in multi-tenant clusters where namespace isolation is the security boundary, meaning customer, business-unit, or environment data segregation could be silently broken rather than the cluster as a whole being compromised. Leadership should care because this converts an ordinary low-privilege tenant role into cross-boundary read access, with direct implications for tenant trust, contractual isolation commitments, and regulatory data-handling obligations.

Business Impact: High
Compensating Controls

Apply vendor patch.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.5%
Top 63% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
widely-used CNCF Kubernetes policy engine, common but not in every cluster
Data Quality
6 sources
Confidence: High

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity HIGH
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.5%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision
Scheduled
Exploitation
Poc
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
No
Human Impact
High
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

42
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +42
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

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