{"id":"CVE-2026-122307","title":"Kyverno before 1.19.2 Policy Bypass via admissionpolicygenerator PolicyException Handling","summary":"Kyverno before 1.19.2 contains a policy bypass vulnerability in the admissionpolicygenerator controller, which folds PolicyExceptions into generated ValidatingAdmissionPolicies while ignoring the --enablePolicyException, --exceptionNames…","severity":"high","cvss":7.7,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N","cvssSource":"cna","cwe":["CWE-863"],"vendor":"kyverno","product":"kyverno","affected":["kyverno < 1.19.2"],"published":"2026-11-05","updated":"2026-11-05","sourceUpdated":"2026-11-05T02:25:10.907Z","source":"CVEORG","sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-122307","references":[{"url":"https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno/security/advisories/GHSA-qc9c-3fgf-cgq8","label":"GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-qc9c-3fgf-cgq8)"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/kyverno-before-1.19.2-policy-bypass-via-admissionpolicygenerator-policyexception-handling","label":"VulnCheck Advisory: Kyverno before 1.19.2 Policy Bypass via admissionpolicygenerator PolicyException Handling"}],"tags":["cve.org"],"ingestedAt":"2026-11-05T21:36:00.684Z","epss":0.00245,"epssPercentile":0.15801,"slug":"CVE-2026-122307","body":"## Overview\n\nKyverno 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.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `kyverno < 1.19.2`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"twilight","depthScore":42,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":42.4,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}