Answer in brief
CVE-2026-124440 records a Critical severity (CVSS 9.4) vulnerability in Kyverno 1.19.1 Privilege Escalation via apiCall Namespace Clamp Bypass. 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 9.4. 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 | >=1.19.1 <1.19.2 | 1.19.2 |
Published upstream
Nov 8, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Nov 8, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Nov 8, 2026
Kyverno from 1.19.1 before 1.19.2 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability in the apiCall namespace clamp that allows namespace tenants to issue cross-namespace and cluster-scoped API requests by appending malformed percent-escapes to urlPath. Attackers can create namespaced Policies whose apiCall runs as the admission-controller ServiceAccount to read other namespaces' resources and create mutating webhooks, escalating to cluster admin.
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