CVE Explorer
CVE-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 `forEach` mutation handler allows any user with permission to create a `Policy` or `ClusterPolicy` 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 delete
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"product":"kyverno","vendor":"kyverno","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"< 1.16.4"},{"status":"affected","version":">= 1.17.0-rc1, < 1.17.2"}]}
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Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"NETWORK","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","baseScore":7.7,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","confidentialityImpact":"NONE","integrityImpact":"NONE","privilegesRequired":"LOW","scope":"CHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
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CWE assertions
1 source assertion{"cweId":"CWE-617","description":"CWE-617: Reachable Assertion","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
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Source references
4 source assertions{"name":"https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno/commit/76c8fdbe87328722e099e1fd44c3f21c9f7809cb","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"],"url":"https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno/commit/76c8fdbe87328722e099e1fd44c3f21c9f7809cb"}
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{"name":"https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno/commit/80e728c2283a0c65e5adb02d8a907106e6ebe7e3","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"],"url":"https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno/commit/80e728c2283a0c65e5adb02d8a907106e6ebe7e3"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:6db701a3bb5cffc6d99b4329ae1901d5391b8546fbf1bbba5e342007adbf5fa9 · sha256:2afd07666cba54a9… · /containers/cna/references/2
{"name":"https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno/security/advisories/GHSA-fpjq-c37h-cqcv","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"],"url":"https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno/security/advisories/GHSA-fpjq-c37h-cqcv"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:6db701a3bb5cffc6d99b4329ae1901d5391b8546fbf1bbba5e342007adbf5fa9 · sha256:2afd07666cba54a9… · /containers/cna/references/0
{"tags":["exploit"],"url":"https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno/security/advisories/GHSA-fpjq-c37h-cqcv"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:6db701a3bb5cffc6d99b4329ae1901d5391b8546fbf1bbba5e342007adbf5fa9 · sha256:2afd07666cba54a9… · /containers/adp/0/references/0
Attribution and limitations
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