CVE-2025-46342

Kyverno vulnerable to bypass of policy rules that use namespace selectors in match statements

Published Apr 30, 2025 CVSS 3.1 · 8.6 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Kyverno is a policy engine designed for cloud native platform engineering teams. Prior to versions 1.13.5 and 1.14.0, it may happen that policy rules using namespace selector(s) in their match statements are mistakenly not applied during admission review request processing due to a missing error propagation in function `GetNamespaceSelectorsFromNamespaceLister` in `pkg/utils/engine/labels.go`. As a consequence, security-critical mutations and validations are bypassed, potentially allowing attackers with K8s API access to perform malicious operations. This issue has been patched in versions 1.13.5 and 1.14.0.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-12613 Kyverno is a policy engine designed for cloud native platform engineering teams. Prior to versions 1.13.5 and 1.14.0, it may happen that policy rules using namespace selector(s) in their match statements are mistakenly not applied during admission review request processing due to a missing error propagation in function `GetNamespaceSelectorsFromNamespaceLister` in `pkg/utils/engine/labels.go`. As a consequence, security-critical mutations and validations are bypassed, potentially allowing attackers with K8s API access to perform malicious operations. This issue has been patched in versions 1.13.5 and 1.14.0.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-jrr2-x33p-6hvc Kyverno vulnerable to bypass of policy rules that use namespace selectors in match statements
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Kyverno
Kyverno kyverno
Weaknesses NVD-CWE-noinfo
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:kyverno:kyverno:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Kyverno
Kyverno kyverno
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Kyverno is a policy engine designed for cloud native platform engineering teams. Prior to versions 1.13.5 and 1.14.0, it may happen that policy rules using namespace selector(s) in their match statements are mistakenly not applied during admission review request processing due to a missing error propagation in function `GetNamespaceSelectorsFromNamespaceLister` in `pkg/utils/engine/labels.go`. As a consequence, security-critical mutations and validations are bypassed, potentially allowing attackers with K8s API access to perform malicious operations. This issue has been patched in versions 1.13.5 and 1.14.0.
Title Kyverno vulnerable to bypass of policy rules that use namespace selectors in match statements
Weaknesses CWE-1287
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Apr 30, 2025, 3:10 PM
Reserved
Apr 22, 2025, 10:41 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Apr 30, 2025, 3:16 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 9:26 AM