CVE-2026-122308
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
Kyverno before 1.19.2 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability in the Generation Handler that allows users with create/update permissions to trigger synchronized generate policies by spoofing internal generate.kyverno.io labels. Attackers can label a ConfigMap as managed-by kyverno with crafted policy, rule, and trigger labels to clone sensitive Secrets from restricted namespaces into their own namespace.
Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
8.4
(v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Received
Source identifier
Published
2026-11-05 03:17:23
Last modified
2026-11-05 03:17:23
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{
"id": "CVE-2026-122308",
"sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
"published": "2026-11-05T03:17:23.000",
"lastModified": "2026-11-05T03:17:23.000",
"vulnStatus": "Received",
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"value": "Kyverno before 1.19.2 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability in the Generation Handler that allows users with create/update permissions to trigger synchronized generate policies by spoofing internal generate.kyverno.io labels. Attackers can label a ConfigMap as managed-by kyverno with crafted policy, rule, and trigger labels to clone sensitive Secrets from restricted namespaces into their own namespace."
}
],
"affected": [
{
"source": "[email protected]",
"affectedData": [
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"vendor": "kyverno",
"product": "kyverno",
"defaultStatus": "unaffected",
"packageURL": "pkg:golang/github.com/kyverno/kyverno",
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"Automatable": "NOT_DEFINED",
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"references": [
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"url": "https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno/security/advisories/GHSA-hg5v-hwm3-956r",
"source": "[email protected]"
},
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"url": "https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/kyverno-before-1.19.2-label-spoofing-via-generation-handler-processrequest",
"source": "[email protected]"
}
]
}