Description
Kyverno before 1.19.1 contains a namespace isolation bypass in the apiCall context entry of namespaced Policy resources due to inconsistent path interpretation between validation and execution. A low-privilege tenant can use percent-encoded dot-segments in urlPath to bypass namespace checks and read resources from other namespaces using the Kyverno admission controller's ServiceAccount credentials.
Published: 2026-09-26
Score: 8.3 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Sat, 26 Sep 2026 13:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Kyverno before 1.19.1 contains a namespace isolation bypass in the apiCall context entry of namespaced Policy resources due to inconsistent path interpretation between validation and execution. A low-privilege tenant can use percent-encoded dot-segments in urlPath to bypass namespace checks and read resources from other namespaces using the Kyverno admission controller's ServiceAccount credentials.
Title Kyverno before 1.19.1 Namespace Isolation Bypass via Percent-Encoded Path
First Time appeared Kyverno
Kyverno kyverno
Weaknesses CWE-22
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:kyverno:kyverno:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Kyverno
Kyverno kyverno
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N'}

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Kyverno Kyverno
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-26T13:24:01.414Z

Reserved: 2026-09-26T02:40:23.372Z

Link: CVE-2026-100707

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