CVE-2023-34091

Kyverno is a policy engine designed for Kubernetes. In versions of Kyverno prior to 1.10.0, resources which have the `deletionTimestamp` field defined can bypass validate, generate, or mutate-existing policies, even in cases where the `validationFailureAction` field is set to `Enforce`. This situation occurs as resources pending deletion were being consciously exempted by Kyverno, as a way to reduce processing load as policies are typically not applied to objects which are being deleted. However, this could potentially result in allowing a malicious user to leverage the Kubernetes finalizers feature by setting a finalizer which causes the Kubernetes API server to set the `deletionTimestamp` and then not completing the delete operation as a way to explicitly to bypass a Kyverno policy. Note that this is not applicable to Kubernetes Pods but, as an example, a Kubernetes Service resource can be manipulated using an indefinite finalizer to bypass policies. This is resolved in Kyverno 1.10.0. There is no known workaround.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
GitHub_MCNA
6.5 MEDIUM
NETWORK
LOW
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 12%
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
nirmatakyverno
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< 1.10.0
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= Vulnerable software versions
Early Detection
Affected products identified ahead of NVD analysis through intelligence sources.
VendorProductVersionSource
kyvernokyverno
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< 1.10.0
CNA