CVE-2026-40868

high

Published 2026-04-21 · Modified 2026-05-05

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CVSS v3

8.1

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.1

Description

kyverno apicall servicecall implicit bearer token injection leaks kyverno serviceaccount token

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

88%

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.

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Package impact

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable	Fixed
Go	github.com/kyverno/kyverno	`<1.17.0`	`1.17.0`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
kyverno	kyverno	`{"endExcluding":"1.16.4"}`	`1.16.4`

References

CWEs

CWE-922

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.