Answer in brief
CVE-2026-122306 records a High severity (CVSS 8.3) vulnerability in Kyverno before 1.19.2 Denial of Service via Exponential-Time Wildcard Matching. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps kyverno/kyverno (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 8.3. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.
The current feed maps kyverno/kyverno (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| kyverno/kyvernogeneric | >=0 <1.19.2 | 1.19.2 |
Published upstream
Nov 5, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Nov 5, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Nov 5, 2026
Kyverno before 1.19.2 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows namespaced policy authors to exhaust admission controller CPU by submitting pathological wildcard patterns. Attackers can create a Policy with crafted match and exclude names evaluated by ValidateMatchExcludeConflict, pinning cores and causing cluster-wide webhook timeouts that block resource operations.
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