Description
Kyverno is a policy engine designed for cloud native platform engineering teams. Prior to versions 1.18.0-rc1, 1.17.2-rc1, and 1.16.4, Kyverno's apiCall feature in ClusterPolicy automatically attaches the admission controller's ServiceAccount token to outgoing HTTP requests. The service URL has no validation — it can point anywhere, including attacker-controlled servers. Since the admission controller SA has permissions to patch webhook configurations, a stolen token leads to full cluster compromise. Versions 1.18.0-rc1, 1.17.2-rc1, and 1.16.4 patch the issue.
Published: 2026-04-24
Score: 8.1 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Cluster-wide compromise via exposed ServiceAccount tokens
Action: Immediate Patch
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-f9g8-6ppc-pqq4 Kyverno: ServiceAccount token leaked to external servers via apiCall service URL
History

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 18:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Kyverno
Kyverno kyverno
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:kyverno:kyverno:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:kyverno:kyverno:*:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Kyverno
Kyverno kyverno

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 12:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 24 Apr 2026 04:00:00 +0000

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Description Kyverno is a policy engine designed for cloud native platform engineering teams. Prior to versions 1.18.0-rc1, 1.17.2-rc1, and 1.16.4, Kyverno's apiCall feature in ClusterPolicy automatically attaches the admission controller's ServiceAccount token to outgoing HTTP requests. The service URL has no validation — it can point anywhere, including attacker-controlled servers. Since the admission controller SA has permissions to patch webhook configurations, a stolen token leads to full cluster compromise. Versions 1.18.0-rc1, 1.17.2-rc1, and 1.16.4 patch the issue.
Title Kyverno: ServiceAccount token leaked to external servers via apiCall service URL
Weaknesses CWE-200
CWE-918
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-24T12:05:00.276Z

Reserved: 2026-04-20T14:01:46.672Z

Link: CVE-2026-41323

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-04-24T12:04:41.403Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-04-24T04:16:20.593

Modified: 2026-04-27T17:53:22.783

Link: CVE-2026-41323

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No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-04-28T14:30:33Z

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