CVE-2026-23881
unknown
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
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Description
Kyverno Denial of Service via Context Variable Amplification in Policy Engine in github.com/kyverno/kyverno
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Go | github.com/kyverno/kyverno | <1.15.3 | 1.15.3 |
| Go | github.com/kyverno/kyverno | >=1.16.0-rc.1,<1.16.3 | 1.16.3 |
References
- https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno/security/advisories/GHSA-r2rj-wwm5-x6mq
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-23881
- https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno/commit/7a651be3a8c78dcabfbf4178b8d89026bf3b850f
- https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno/commit/f5617f60920568a301740485472bf704892175b7
- https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.