Vulnerability Details CVE-2026-122314
Kyverno before 1.19.2 contains an unchecked type assertion in its variable-substitution engine that allows users who can submit resources to crash the policy engine. Attackers can submit resources with non-string fields referenced by {{- variable }} shallow substitution in policies, causing a panic that yields webhook denial of service and policy bypass under failurePolicy Ignore.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.003
EPSS Ranking 23.5%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 7.5
Products affected by CVE-2026-122314
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cpe:2.3:a:kyverno:kyverno:1.18.2
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cpe:2.3:a:kyverno:kyverno:1.19.0
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cpe:2.3:a:kyverno:kyverno:1.19.1