Vulnerability · CVE-2026-41323
Kyverno is a policy engine designed for cloud native platform engineering teams.
Published Apr 24, 2026 · catalog updated Jun 17, 2026 · Kyverno is a policy
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-41323. EPSS is 0.57%. 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 version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- Critical9.1
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.57%
- Remediation
- Advisory link
- Affected products
- cpe kyverno/kyverno
Kyverno is a policy engine designed for cloud native platform engineering teams. Prior to versions 1.18.0-rc1, 1.17.2-rc1, and 1.16.4, Kyverno's apiCall feature in ClusterPolicy automatically attaches the admission controller's ServiceAccount token to outgoing HTTP requests. The service URL has no validation — it can point anywhere, including attacker-controlled servers. Since the admission controller SA has permissions to patch webhook configurations, a stolen token leads to full cluster compromise. Versions 1.18.0-rc1, 1.17.2-rc1, and 1.16.4 patch the issue.
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- cpe kyverno/kyvernoversion unspecified
How to fix CVE-2026-41323
Recommended remediation
A patch or advisory reference is linked. Open the original publisher for availability by product version.
Official advisories
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-2026-41323. EPSS is 0.57%. Act only if a listed version of Kyverno is a policy is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Affected version ranges are not on this record. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information; CWE-918: Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF). EPSS 0.57%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
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Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Apr 24, 2026 · NIST NVD
Detected
Kyverno is a policy engine designed for cloud native platform engineering teams. Prior to versions 1.18.0-rc1, 1.17.2-rc1, and 1.16.4, Kyverno's apiCall feature in ClusterPolicy automatically attaches the admission controller's ServiceAccount token to outgoing HTTP requests. The service URL has no validation — it can point anywhere, including attacker-controlled servers. Since the admission contro
Jun 17, 2026 · NIST NVD
Updated
Kyverno is a policy engine designed for cloud native platform engineering teams. Prior to versions 1.18.0-rc1, 1.17.2-rc1, and 1.16.4, Kyverno's apiCall feature in ClusterPolicy automatically attaches the admission controller's ServiceAccount token to outgoing HTTP requests. The service URL has no validation — it can point anywhere, including attacker-controlled servers. Since the admission contro
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-41323
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-41323
30-day exploitation probability 0.6%
first.org - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-41323
Kyverno is a policy engine designed for cloud native platform engineering teams. Prior to versions 1.18.0-rc1, 1.17.2-rc1, and 1.16.4, Kyverno's apiCall feature in ClusterPolicy automatically attaches the admission controller's ServiceAccount token to outgoing HTTP requests. The
nvd.nist.gov
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.