{"id":"CVE-2025-46342","summary":"Kyverno vulnerable to bypass of policy rules that use namespace selectors in match statements","details":"Kyverno is a policy engine designed for cloud native platform engineering teams. Prior to versions 1.13.5 and 1.14.0, it may happen that policy rules using namespace selector(s) in their match statements are mistakenly not applied during admission review request processing due to a missing error propagation in function `GetNamespaceSelectorsFromNamespaceLister` in `pkg/utils/engine/labels.go`. As a consequence, security-critical mutations and validations are bypassed, potentially allowing attackers with K8s API access to perform malicious operations. This issue has been patched in versions 1.13.5 and 1.14.0.","aliases":["BIT-kyverno-2025-46342","GHSA-jrr2-x33p-6hvc","GO-2025-3652"],"modified":"2026-07-15T02:15:16.198431521Z","published":"2025-04-30T14:55:13.124Z","related":["CGA-wvg2-4p5m-223g","openSUSE-SU-2025:15059-1"],"database_specific":{"cna_assigner":"GitHub_M","cwe_ids":["CWE-1287"],"osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/46xxx/CVE-2025-46342.json"},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/46xxx/CVE-2025-46342.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno/security/advisories/GHSA-jrr2-x33p-6hvc"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-46342"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno/commit/3ff923b7756e1681daf73849954bd88516589194"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"c708a20600fb3db591918604a2d8b68e5fa94a77"},{"introduced":"111b052c9a1826a563d1763b6d302e31a5338aa0"},{"fixed":"a08b3fbead8235f84f6443b2d860f8fef143c756"},{"fixed":"3ff923b7756e1681daf73849954bd88516589194"}],"database_specific":{"cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:kyverno:kyverno:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","extracted_events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"1.11.5"},{"introduced":"1.12.0"},{"fixed":"1.13.5"}],"source":["CPE_RANGE","REFERENCES"]}}],"versions":["kyverno-chart-3.3.7","v1.13.4","kyverno-policies-chart-3.3.4","kyverno-chart-3.3.6","v1.13.3","kyverno-policies-chart-3.3.3","kyverno-chart-3.3.5","v1.13.2","kyverno-policies-chart-3.3.2","kyverno-chart-3.3.4","v1.13.2-rc.1","kyverno-policies-chart-3.3.2-rc.1","kyverno-chart-3.3.4-rc.1","v1.13.1","kyverno-policies-chart-3.3.1","kyverno-chart-3.3.3","v1.13.1-rc.1","kyverno-policies-chart-3.3.1-rc.1","kyverno-chart-3.3.3-rc.1","kyverno-chart-3.3.2","kyverno-chart-3.3.1","v1.13.0","kyverno-policies-chart-3.3.0","kyverno-chart-3.3.0","v1.13.0-rc.3","kyverno-policies-chart-3.3.0-rc.3","kyverno-chart-3.3.0-rc.3","v1.13.0-rc.2","kyverno-policies-chart-3.3.0-rc.2","kyverno-chart-3.3.0-rc.2","v1.13.0-rc.1","kyverno-policies-chart-3.3.0-rc.1","kyverno-chart-3.3.0-rc.1","v1.13.0-beta.1","kyverno-policies-chart-3.3.0-beta.1","kyverno-chart-3.3.0-beta.1","v1.11.5","kyverno-policies-chart-3.1.5","kyverno-chart-3.1.5","v1.11.4","kyverno-policies-chart-3.1.4","kyverno-chart-3.1.4","v1.11.3","kyverno-policies-chart-3.1.3","kyverno-chart-3.1.3","v1.11.2","kyverno-policies-chart-3.1.2","kyverno-chart-3.1.2","v1.11.2-rc.1","kyverno-policies-chart-3.1.2-rc.1","kyverno-chart-3.1.2-rc.1","v1.11.1","kyverno-policies-chart-3.1.1","kyverno-chart-3.1.1","v1.11.0","kyverno-policies-chart-3.1.0","kyverno-chart-3.1.0","v1.11.0-rc.8","kyverno-policies-chart-3.1.0-rc.8","kyverno-chart-3.1.0-rc.8","v1.11.0-rc.7","kyverno-policies-chart-3.1.0-rc.7","kyverno-chart-3.1.0-rc.7","v1.11.0-rc.6","kyverno-policies-chart-3.1.0-rc.6","kyverno-chart-3.1.0-rc.6","v1.11.0-rc.5","kyverno-policies-chart-3.1.0-rc.5","kyverno-chart-3.1.0-rc.5","kyverno-policies-chart-3.1.0-rc.4","kyverno-chart-3.1.0-rc.4","v1.11.0-rc.4","v1.11.0-rc.3","kyverno-policies-chart-3.1.0-rc.3","kyverno-chart-3.1.0-rc.3","v1.11.0-rc.2","kyverno-policies-chart-3.1.0-rc.2","kyverno-chart-3.1.0-rc.2","v1.11.0-rc.1","kyverno-policies-chart-3.1.0-rc.1","kyverno-chart-3.1.0-rc.1","v1.11.0-beta.4","kyverno-policies-chart-3.1.0-beta.4","kyverno-chart-3.1.0-beta.4","kyverno-policies-chart-3.1.0-beta.3","kyverno-chart-3.1.0-beta.3","v1.11.0-beta.3","v1.11.0-beta.2","kyverno-policies-chart-3.1.0-beta.2","kyverno-chart-3.1.0-beta.2","v1.11.0-beta.1","kyverno-policies-chart-3.1.0-beta.1","kyverno-chart-3.1.0-beta.1","1.9-dev","1.8-dev","1.7-dev","test-dev","1.6-dev","helm-chart-v2.1.3","v1.5.0-rc1","helm-chart-v2.1.0","v1.4.3","helm-chart-v2.0.3","v1.4.3-rc2","helm-chart-v2.0.3-rc2","v1.4.3-rc1","helm-chart-v2.0.3-rc1","v1.4.2","v1.4.2-rc4","v1.4.2-rc3","v1.4.2-rc2","v1.4.2-rc1","v1.4.1","v1.4.0-rc4","v1.4.0","v1.4.0-rc3","v1.4.0-rc2","v1.4.0-rc1","v1.3.6","v1.3.6-rc5","v1.3.6-rc4","v1.3.6-rc3","v1.3.6-rc2","v1.3.6-rc1","v1.3.5","v1.3.5-rc5","v1.3.5-rc4","v1.3.5-rc3","v1.3.5-rc2","v1.3.5-rc1","v1.3.4","v1.3.4-rc1","v1.3.3","v1.3.2","v1.3.2-rc3","v1.3.2-rc2","v1.3.2-rc1","v1.3.1","v1.3.0","v1.3.0-rc12","v1.3.0-rc11","v1.3.0-rc10","1.3.0-rc10","v1.3.0-rc9","v1.3.0-rc8","v1.3.0-rc7","v1.3.0-rc6","v1.3.0-rc5","v1.3.0-rc4","v1.3.0-rc3","v1.3.0-rc2","v1.3.0-rc1","v1.2.1","v1.2.0","v1.1.12","v1.1.11","v1.1.10","v1.1.9","v1.1.8","v1.1.7","v1.1.7-rc4","v1.1.7-rc3","v1.1.7-rc2","v1.1.7-rc1","v1.1.6","v1.1.6-rc5","v1.1.6-rc4","v1.1.6-rc3","v1.1.6-rc2","v1.1.6-rc1","v1.1.5","v1.1.4","v1.1.4-rc1","v1.1.3","v1.1.3-rc1","v1.1.2","v1.1.1","v1.0.0","v1.0.0-rc1","v0.11.0","v0.10.0","v0.9.1","v0.9.0","v0.8.0","v0.7.1","v0.7.0","v0.5.0","v0.4.0","v0.3.0","v0.2.0","v0.1.0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-46342.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"C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