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Vulnerabilities

Security fix · CVE-2025-46342

Kyverno is a policy engine designed for cloud native platform engineering teams.

Published Apr 30, 2025 · catalog updated Apr 30, 2025 · Kyverno is a policy

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-46342. EPSS is 0.75%. Act only if a listed version of Kyverno is a policy is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (Kyverno is a policy).
  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
High8.6
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.75%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor kyverno kyverno 1.14.0-alpha.1, < 1.14.0

Kyverno is a policy engine designed for cloud native platform engineering teams. Prior to versions 1.13.5 and 1.14.0, it may happen that policy rules using namespace selector(s) in their match statements are mistakenly not applied during admission review request processing due to a missing error propagation in function in . As a consequence, security-critical mutations and validations are bypassed, potentially allowing attackers with K8s API access to perform malicious operations. This issue has been patched in versions 1.13.5 and 1.14.0.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor kyverno kyverno 1.14.0-alpha.1, < 1.14.01.14.0-alpha.1, < 1.14.0

How to fix CVE-2025-46342

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-46342. EPSS is 0.75%. Act only if a listed version of Kyverno is a policy is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with kyverno kyverno 1.14.0-alpha.1, < 1.14.0 1.14.0-alpha.1, < 1.14.0. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.75%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Apr 30, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    Kyverno is a policy engine designed for cloud native platform engineering teams. Prior to versions 1.13.5 and 1.14.0, it may happen that policy rules using namespace selector(s) in their match statements are mistakenly not applied during admission review request processing due to a missing error propagation in function in . As a consequence, security-critical mutations and validations are bypassed

  2. Apr 30, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    Kyverno is a policy engine designed for cloud native platform engineering teams. Prior to versions 1.13.5 and 1.14.0, it may happen that policy rules using namespace selector(s) in their match statements are mistakenly not applied during admission review request processing due to a missing error propagation in function in . As a consequence, security-critical mutations and validations are bypassed

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-46342

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-46342

    30-day exploitation probability 0.8%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-12613

    Kyverno is a policy engine designed for cloud native platform engineering teams. Prior to versions 1.13.5 and 1.14.0, it may happen that policy rules using namespace selector(s) in their match statements are mistakenly not applied during admission review request processing due to

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.