Kyverno is a policy engine designed for cloud native platform engineering teams. The patch for CVE-2026-22039 fixed cross-namespace privilege escalation in Kyverno's `apiCall` context by validating the `URLPath` field. However, the ConfigMap context loader has the identical vulnerability — the `configMap.namespace` field accepts any namespace with zero validation, allowing a namespace admin to read ConfigMaps from any namespace using Kyverno's privileged service account. This is a complete RBAC bypass in multi-tenant Kubernetes clusters. An updated fix is available in version 1.17.2.
References
| Link | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno/commit/bbf3e5c01391d612968440659028ae98e565a777 | Patch |
| https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno/security/advisories/GHSA-cvq5-hhx3-f99p | Exploit Vendor Advisory |
| https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno/security/advisories/GHSA-cvq5-hhx3-f99p | Exploit Vendor Advisory |
Configurations
History
27 Apr 2026, 17:48
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| CPE | cpe:2.3:a:kyverno:kyverno:*:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| References | () https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno/commit/bbf3e5c01391d612968440659028ae98e565a777 - Patch | |
| References | () https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno/security/advisories/GHSA-cvq5-hhx3-f99p - Exploit, Vendor Advisory | |
| First Time |
Kyverno
Kyverno kyverno |
24 Apr 2026, 17:16
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| References | () https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno/security/advisories/GHSA-cvq5-hhx3-f99p - |
24 Apr 2026, 04:16
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| New CVE |
Information
Published : 2026-04-24 04:16
Updated : 2026-06-17 10:46
NVD link : CVE-2026-41068
Mitre link : CVE-2026-41068
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-41068
JSON object : View
Products Affected
kyverno
- kyverno
CWE
CWE-863
Incorrect Authorization
