> CVE-2026-54523 [CRITICAL]

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PUBLISHED
2026-08-26 15:16
MODIFIED
2026-08-26 16:16
CVSS_SCORE V3
9.6
EPSS (Prob. Exploit)
0.47%
Top 61.1%
DATA SOURCES:
NVD 🔗 2026-08-26 CWE MITRE 🔗 2026-09-01 FIRST EPSS 🔗 2026-10-18 OSV 🔗 2026-10-26

> DESCRIPTION

Kyverno is a policy engine designed for cloud native platform engineering teams. From 1.18.0 until 1.18.2, the NamespacedMutatingPolicy CEL compiler exposes the generator library to matchConditions, allowing a namespace-scoped policy to invoke generator.apply(namespace, resources) with an arbitrary target namespace. The validation in pkg/cel/policies/mpol/validate.go checks that the policy compiles but does not enforce namespace scope, and GenerateResources in pkg/cel/libs/context.go does not reject the cross-namespace target. A user who can create NamespacedMutatingPolicy objects in one namespace can cause the admission controller, operating with cluster-wide privileges, to create ConfigMaps, NetworkPolicies, Secrets, RoleBindings, and other resources in another namespace, enabling unauthorized modification and potential privilege escalation. This issue is fixed in version 1.18.2.

> AFFECTED_PRODUCTS

ℹ️ Aucun produit affecté n'a encore été publié par NVD pour cette CVE.

> CVSS V3 METRICS

CVSS_VECTOR
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
EXPLOITABILITY
3.1
IMPACT
5.8

> MÉTRIQUES CVSS DÉTAILLÉES

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Métrique Valeur Interprétation
AV (Vecteur d'Attaque)
Attack Vector
Network (N)
Exploit possible à distance via réseau (HTTP, API, etc.)
AC (Complexité d'Attaque)
Attack Complexity
Low (L)
Peu de conditions requises pour exploiter
PR (Privilèges Requis)
Privileges Required
Low (L)
Authentifié avec compte utilisateur basique
UI (Interaction Utilisateur)
User Interaction
None (N)
Aucune interaction utilisateur nécessaire
S (Périmètre)
Scope
Changed (C)
Impact s'étend au-delà du composant compromis
C (Impact Confidentialité)
Confidentiality Impact
High (H)
Divulgation totale d'informations
I (Impact Intégrité)
Integrity Impact
High (H)
Modification totale des données possible
A (Impact Disponibilité)
Availability Impact
None (N)
Aucune interruption de service

> RÉSUMÉ DES IMPACTS

Confidentialité
High
Divulgation totale d'informations
Intégrité
High
Modification totale des données possible
Disponibilité
None
Aucune interruption de service

> WEAKNESSES

CWE-862

> CWE DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS

CWE-862: Missing Authorization - The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

> OSV (GOOGLE OPEN SOURCE VULNERABILITIES)

Kyverno: NamespacedGeneratingPolicy generator.apply() namespace argument unvalidated -- background controller creates RoleBindings in any namespace including kube-system

AFFECTED PACKAGES:
Unknown / Unknown
12 versions affected
ALIASES:
BIT-kyverno-2026-54523, GHSA-79gf-7frw-68m9, GO-2026-6296

> HISTORIQUE DES MODIFICATIONS

Première apparition
26/08/2026 15:16
Source: NVD
📊 ENRICHISSEMENT 01/09/2026 06:02
CWE
Champ modifié: Description CWE
Ancienne valeur:
N/A
Nouvelle valeur:
CWE-862: Missing Authorization - The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.
Total des modifications: 1 Dernière mise à jour: 1 month ago

> REFERENCES

https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno/commit/0919553c0ea1904f8d891280c92018da97946a...
https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno/commit/5164bcdeda5b57678bc2d7a03ecc2cbb02982d...
https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno/pull/16238
https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno/releases/tag/v1.18.2
https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno/security/advisories/GHSA-79gf-7frw-68m9
https://github.com/kyverno/sdk/commit/6573937441443e1ba5af9fbb28d5c0f20297f9df
https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno/security/advisories/GHSA-79gf-7frw-68m9
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