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CVE-2025-29778: Kyverno ignores subjectRegExp and IssuerRegExp

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 32/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.34% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. Administrator privileges are required. No user action is required. Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.
  • Fixed version: github.com/kyverno/kyverno (Go) 1.14.0-alpha.1.
  • Severity is disputed: the assigning authority (CNA) scores it 5.8, NVD 8.0.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to github.com/kyverno/kyverno (Go) 1.14.0-alpha.1 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

Kyverno is a policy engine designed for cloud native platform engineering teams. Prior to version 1.14.0-alpha.1, Kyverno ignores subjectRegExp and IssuerRegExp while verifying artifact's sign with keyless mode. It allows the attacker to deploy kubernetes resources with the artifacts that were signed by unexpected certificate. Deploying these unauthorized kubernetes resources can lead to full compromise of kubernetes cluster. Version 1.14.0-alpha.1 contains a patch for the issue.

HighCVSS 8.0 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Mar 24, 2025
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.3% · 27th percentile

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Action score

32

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
32 / 40 · 8.0 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.3%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
proof of concept
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
8.0
CNA · GitHub_M
5.8
2.2 point gap

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

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
kyvernokyverno

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • kyverno kyverno1.13.0 and later · before 1.13.6

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (GitHub_M). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • kyverno kyverno

    • < 1.14.0-alpha.1affected

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Gogithub.com/kyverno/kyvernofrom 1.13.0 · before 1.14.0-alpha.11.14.0-alpha.1
Gogithub.com/kyverno/kyvernobefore 1.14.0-alpha.11.14.0-alpha.1

Same product

kyverno: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2026-4789Kyverno, versions 1.16.0 and later, are vulnerable to SSRF due to unrestricted CEL HTTP functions.
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2026-22039Kyverno Cross-Namespace Privilege Escalation via Policy apiCall
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2026-54523Kyverno: NamespacedGeneratingPolicy generator.apply() namespace argument unvalidated -- background controller creates RoleBindings in any namespace including ku
    38Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2022-47633Dec 23, 2022 · An image signature validation bypass vulnerability in Kyverno 1.8.3 and 1.8.4 allows a malicious image registry (or a man-in-the-middle atta
    32Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2023-47630Nov 14, 2023 · Attacker can cause Kyverno user to unintentionally consume insecure image
    28Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2025-46342Apr 30, 2025 · Kyverno vulnerable to bypass of policy rules that use namespace selectors in match statements
    32Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Go:github.com/kyverno/kyverno1.14.0-alpha.1Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • Administrator privileges are required.
  • No user action is required.
  • Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted

Impact can extend beyond the vulnerable component (scope changes).

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-285 · Improper Authorization

CVSS vector

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

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Attack context

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Change log

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References

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