CVE-2026-63121

Kubewarden trusted-repos-policy: uppercase registry host bypasses registry/image deny rules

Published Oct 30, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 6.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Kubewarden policies is a collection of WebAssembly policies for securing and governing Kubernetes clusters. For versions provisionally classified as affected before 2.1.2, `trusted-repos-policy` compares an image's `registry` hostname against `reject lists` and `allow lists` case-sensitively even though `registry` DNS names are case-insensitive. An image with an uppercase or mixed-case `registry` hostname can miss a rejection rule for the equivalent lowercase host, so the admission policy accepts a resource whose container runtime pulls the same prohibited image. Only reject-list configurations have this bypass: allow-list configurations fail closed by over-denying differently cased hostnames. The security consequences depend on the configured rejection policy and deployment environment. This issue is fixed in version 2.1.2.

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Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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

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First Time appeared Kubewarden
Kubewarden policies
Vendors & Products Kubewarden
Kubewarden policies
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Description Kubewarden policies is a collection of WebAssembly policies for securing and governing Kubernetes clusters. For versions provisionally classified as affected before 2.1.2, `trusted-repos-policy` compares an image's `registry` hostname against `reject lists` and `allow lists` case-sensitively even though `registry` DNS names are case-insensitive. An image with an uppercase or mixed-case `registry` hostname can miss a rejection rule for the equivalent lowercase host, so the admission policy accepts a resource whose container runtime pulls the same prohibited image. Only reject-list configurations have this bypass: allow-list configurations fail closed by over-denying differently cased hostnames. The security consequences depend on the configured rejection policy and deployment environment. This issue is fixed in version 2.1.2.
Title Kubewarden trusted-repos-policy: uppercase registry host bypasses registry/image deny rules
Weaknesses CWE-178
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Nov 5, 2026, 2:56 AM
Reserved
Jul 15, 2026, 4:54 PM
Status
Awaiting Analysis
Published
Oct 30, 2026, 10:16 PM
Modified
Nov 5, 2026, 3:17 AM