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CVE-2026-23881

Kyverno is a policy engine designed for cloud native platform engineering teams. Versions prior to 1.16.3 and…

CVSS 3.1 · [email protected] · Secondary 7.7 HIGHCVSS 3.1 · [email protected] · Primary 6.5 MEDIUMCheck source for fixed versionsKEV status unknown
Original advisory

Historical advisory recorded 25 Oct 2026 05:17:36 UTC. Read the latest advisory.

nvd · CVE-2026-23881

Published

Kyverno is a policy engine designed for cloud native platform engineering teams. Versions prior to 1.16.3 and 1.15.3 have unbounded memory consumption in Kyverno's policy engine that allows users with policy creation privileges to cause denial of service by crafting policies that exponentially amplify string data through context variables. Versions 1.16.3 and 1.15.3 contain a patch for the vulnerability.

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Affected versions, risk and source history

nvd · CVE-2026-23881

Published

Kyverno is a policy engine designed for cloud native platform engineering teams. Versions prior to 1.16.3 and 1.15.3 have unbounded memory consumption in Kyverno's policy engine that allows users with policy creation privileges to cause den…

Kyverno is a policy engine designed for cloud native platform engineering teams. Versions prior to 1.16.3 and 1.15.3 have unbounded memory consumption in Kyverno's policy engine that allows users with policy creation privileges to cause denial of service by crafting policies that exponentially amplify string data through context variables. Versions 1.16.3 and 1.15.3 contain a patch for the vulnerability.

Additional publisher context

NVD analysis and CPE criteria are source context, not proof that a package or your environment is affected. Complete affected data, logical configurations and SSVC are retained in the original JSON.

Source analysis status: Analyzed

Weakness classifications: CWE-770

Original publisher date fields

published: 2026-01-27T17:16:12.733

lastModified: 2026-06-17T10:22:14.887

1 source CPE criteria · context only
  • cpe:2.3:a:kyverno:kyverno:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

The original JSON retains the logical configuration operators, exclusions and version bounds.

Source published
27 Jan 2026 17:16:12 UTC
Source modified
17 Jun 2026 10:22:14 UTC
Saved here
25 Oct 2026 05:17:36 UTC
Source terms
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CVSS 3.1 · [email protected] · Secondary · 7.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS 3.1 · [email protected] · Primary · 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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