CVSS 8.3 (high) · published 2026-11-05
Kyverno before 1.19.2 contains a policy bypass vulnerability in the admissionpolicygenerator controller, which folds PolicyExceptions into generated ValidatingAdmissionPolicies while ignoring the --enablePolicyException, --exceptionNamespace, and policy kind gates. Users with namespaced create rights on PolicyExceptions can inject negated matchConditions into the generated policies to admit violating resources, bypassing cluster-wide enforcement.
Affected products (NVD): kyverno kyverno
Fixed in (NVD): 1.19.2
Weakness: CWE-863
Source: NVD CVE-2026-122307
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