CVE-2026-40868

Estado: AnalizadaAlta (8.1)—

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.

CVSS

Versión: 3.1
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Puntuación base: 8.1

Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)

Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.41%
Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 34
Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).

🎯 Técnicas ATT&CK

Cómo se explota esta vulnerabilidad y qué consigue el atacante, en el lenguaje de MITRE ATT&CK.

ExplotaciónT1210 Exploitation of Remote Serviceslateral movement85 %
Impacto principalT1212 Exploitation for Credential Accesscredential access90 %
Impacto secundarioT1078 Valid Accountsstealth · persistence · privilege escalation · initial access75 %

Vulnerabilidad de acceso remoto con privilegios (PR:L) que expone el token del serviceaccount. Inyección implícita de credenciales (Bearer token) enviadas a endpoint controlado por atacante (confused deputy), permitiendo robo de credenciales de servicio.

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🛡️ Mitigaciones ATT&CK que cubren estas técnicas

Application Developer Guidance Threat Intelligence Program Privileged Account Management Application Isolation and Sandboxing Exploit Protection Update Software

Tecnologías afectadas (1)

Kyverno — Kyverno

CWE

CWE-922

Referencias

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