Moderate severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 24, 2025· Updated Mar 24, 2025
Kyverno ignores subjectRegExp and IssuerRegExp
CVE-2025-29778
Description
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.
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Affected packages
Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
github.com/kyverno/kyvernoGo | >= 1.13.0, < 1.14.0-alpha.1 | 1.14.0-alpha.1 |
Affected products
16- osv-coords15 versionspkg:apk/chainguard/kyverno-1.13pkg:apk/chainguard/kyverno-fips-1.12pkg:apk/chainguard/kyverno-init-container-1.12pkg:apk/chainguard/kyverno-init-container-1.13pkg:apk/chainguard/kyverno-init-container-fips-1.13pkg:apk/chainguard/kyverno-notation-awspkg:apk/chainguard/kyverno-notation-aws-compatpkg:apk/chainguard/kyverno-notation-aws-fipspkg:apk/wolfi/kyverno-init-container-1.12pkg:apk/wolfi/kyverno-init-container-1.13pkg:apk/wolfi/kyverno-notation-awspkg:apk/wolfi/kyverno-notation-aws-compatpkg:bitnami/kyvernopkg:golang/github.com/kyverno/kyvernopkg:rpm/opensuse/govulncheck-vulndb&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed
< 1.13.6-r13+ 14 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1.13.6-r13
- (no CPE)range: < 1.12.7-r25
- (no CPE)range: < 1.12.7-r22
- (no CPE)range: < 1.13.6-r9
- (no CPE)range: < 1.13.6-r9
- (no CPE)range: < 1.1-r11
- (no CPE)range: < 1.1-r11
- (no CPE)range: < 1.1-r11
- (no CPE)range: < 1.12.7-r22
- (no CPE)range: < 1.13.6-r9
- (no CPE)range: < 1.1-r11
- (no CPE)range: < 1.1-r11
- (no CPE)range: < 1.14.0
- (no CPE)range: >= 1.13.0, < 1.14.0-alpha.1
- (no CPE)range: < 0.0.20250327T184518-1.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
7- github.com/advisories/GHSA-46mp-8w32-6g94ghsaADVISORY
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-29778ghsaADVISORY
- github.com/Mohdcode/kyverno/blob/373f942ea9fa8b63140d0eb0e101b9a5f71033f3/pkg/cosign/cosign.goghsax_refsource_MISCWEB
- github.com/kyverno/kyverno/commit/8777672fb17bdf252bd2e7d8de3441e240404a60ghsax_refsource_MISCWEB
- github.com/kyverno/kyverno/pull/12237ghsax_refsource_MISCWEB
- github.com/kyverno/kyverno/security/advisories/GHSA-46mp-8w32-6g94ghsax_refsource_CONFIRMWEB
- github.com/kyverno/policies/issues/1246ghsax_refsource_MISCWEB
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