CVE-2026-41068

HIGHNVD 7.77.7—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 7.7 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-04-16. NVD baseline CVSS 7.7; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Elevated
7.7EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 7.7Exploit: Elevated riskExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

Kyverno is a policy engine designed for cloud native platform engineering teams. The patch for CVE-2026-22039 fixed cross-namespace privilege escalation in Kyverno's apiCall context by validating the URLPath field. However, the ConfigMap context loader has the identical vulnerability — the configMap.namespace field accepts any namespace with zero validation, allowing a namespace admin to read ConfigMaps from any namespace using Kyverno's privileged service account. This is a complete RBAC bypass in multi-tenant Kubernetes clusters. An updated fix is available in version 1.17.2.

CVSS v3
7.7
EG Score
7.7(medium)
EG Risk
51(Track)
EG Risk 51/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity77% × 45%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
19%
KEV
Not listed

Published

April 24, 2026

Last Modified

April 27, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Jun 4, 2026
🔬 Proof of concept available. Patch available. Sources: github_commit, github.
github Patch Available🟡 PoC Available

Cross-Namespace Read Bypasses RBAC Isolation (CVE-2026-22039 Incomplete Fix) · Advisory · kyverno/kyverno · GitHub

https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno/security/advisories/GHSA-cvq5-hhx3-f99p
github_commit

commit bbf3e5c01391 (kyverno/kyverno)

Fix landed in kyverno/kyverno commit bbf3e5c01391 — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno/commit/bbf3e5c01391d612968440659028ae98e565a777

Patch Availability(1)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
gogithub.com/kyverno/kyverno—ghsa

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Go(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
github.com/kyverno/kyverno———

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 8× in last 7d / 34× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-41068?
CVE-2026-41068 is a high vulnerability published on April 24, 2026. Kyverno is a policy engine designed for cloud native platform engineering teams. The patch for CVE-2026-22039 fixed cross-namespace privilege escalation in Kyverno's apiCall context by validating the URLPath field. However, the ConfigMap context loader has the identical vulnerability — the…
When was CVE-2026-41068 disclosed?
CVE-2026-41068 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on April 24, 2026, with the most recent update on April 27, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-41068 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-41068 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 81.4% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-41068?
CVE-2026-41068 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.7 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-41068?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-41068, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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