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CVE-2026-41485 json

Kyverno Controller Denial of Service via forEach Mutation Panic

published 6mo ago modified last mo. also BIT-kyverno-2026-41485 , EUVD-2026-25392 , GHSA-fpjq-c37h-cqcv , GO-2026-5374

cvss
7.7
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 31%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Kyverno is a policy engine designed for cloud native platform engineering teams. Prior to versions 1.17.2 and 1.16.4, an unchecked type assertion in the `forEach` mutation handler allows any user with permission to create a `Policy` or `ClusterPolicy` to crash the cluster-wide background controller into a persistent CrashLoopBackOff. The same bug also causes the admission controller to drop connections and block all matching resource operations. The crash loop persists until the policy is deleted. The vulnerability is confined to the legacy engine, and CEL-based policies are unaffected. Versions 1.17.2 and 1.16.4 fix the issue.

Patch / fix

  • go github.com/kyverno/kyverno 1.16.4, 1.17.2
  • bitnami kyverno 1.16.4, 1.17.2
  • kyverno kyverno 1.16.4, 1.17.2
  • nirmata kyverno 1.16.4, 1.17.2
  • govulncheck-vulndb openSUSE Leap 16.0 0.0.20260723T184607-160000.1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
6mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 31% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno/security/advisories/GHSA-fpjq-c37h-cqcv referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
GitHub 3.1 7.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
OSV 3.1 7.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
go github.com/kyverno/kyverno
>=1.13.0, <1.16.4
>=1.17.0-rc.1, <1.17.2
1.16.4
1.17.2
bitnami kyverno
<1.16.4
>=1.17.0, <1.17.2
1.16.4
1.17.2

Affected products

  • kyverno kyverno

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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