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Vulnerability · CVE-2026-41485

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-2026-41485. 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
High7.7
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 1.17.2 and 1.16.4, an unchecked type assertion in the mutation handler allows any user with permission to create a or 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.

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  • cpe kyverno/kyvernoversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2026-41485

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-2026-41485. 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-617. 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.

  1. Apr 24, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    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 mutation handler allows any user with permission to create a or 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 resour

  2. Jun 17, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    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 mutation handler allows any user with permission to create a or 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 resour

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-41485

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-41485

    30-day exploitation probability 0.6%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-41485

    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 mutation handler allows any user with permission to create a or to crash the cluster-wide ba

    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.