# CVE-2023-33191: kyverno seccomp control can be circumvented

- Also known as: GO-2023-1801, GHSA-33HQ-F2MF-JM3C
- Severity: CVSS 4.6 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.9.4
- Published: 2023-05-30 · Updated: 2025-01-10

## Affected

- kyverno: from 1.9.2, fixed in 1.9.4
- github.com/kyverno/kyverno (Go): from 1.9.2, fixed in 1.9.4

## Description

Kyverno is a policy engine designed for Kubernetes. Kyverno seccomp control can be circumvented. Users of the podSecurity `validate.podSecurity` subrule in Kyverno 1.9.2 and 1.9.3 are vulnerable. This issue was patched in version 1.9.4.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on kyverno, github.com/kyverno/kyverno, upgrade to a fixed version (1.9.4) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno/security/advisories/GHSA-33hq-f2mf-jm3c
- https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno/pull/7263
- https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno/releases/tag/v1.9.4

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