CVE-2026-40868
Description
Kyverno is a policy engine designed for cloud native platform engineering teams. Prior to 1.16.4, kyverno’s apiCall servicecall helper implicitly injects Authorization: Bearer ... using the kyverno controller serviceaccount token when a policy does not explicitly set an Authorization header. Because context.apiCall.service.url is policy-controlled, this can send the kyverno serviceaccount token to an attacker-controlled endpoint (confused deputy). Namespaced policies are blocked from servicecall usage by the namespaced urlPath gate in pkg/engine/apicall/apiCall.go, so this report is scoped to ClusterPolicy and global context usage. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.16.4.
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Affected packages
Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
github.com/kyverno/kyvernoGo | < 1.17.0 | 1.17.0 |
Affected products
9- osv-coords8 versionspkg:apk/chainguard/kyverno-1.16pkg:apk/chainguard/kyverno-notation-awspkg:apk/chainguard/kyverno-notation-aws-fipspkg:apk/wolfi/kyverno-1.16pkg:apk/wolfi/kyverno-notation-awspkg:bitnami/kyvernopkg:golang/github.com/kyverno/kyvernopkg:rpm/opensuse/govulncheck-vulndb&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0
< 1.16.4-r7+ 7 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1.16.4-r7
- (no CPE)range: < 1.1-r49
- (no CPE)range: < 1.1-r46
- (no CPE)range: < 1.16.4-r7
- (no CPE)range: < 1.1-r49
- (no CPE)range: < 1.16.4
- (no CPE)range: < 1.17.0
- (no CPE)range: < 0.0.20260723T184607-160000.1.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
3- github.com/kyverno/kyverno/security/advisories/GHSA-q93q-v844-jrqpnvdExploitMitigationVendor AdvisoryWEB
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-q93q-v844-jrqpghsaADVISORY
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-40868ghsaADVISORY
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