# CVE-2023-54356: Kyverno before 1.9.5 Sweet32 Medium Strength Cipher Suites

- Also known as: GHSA-HGV6-W7R3-W4QW, BIT-KYVERNO-2023-54356, GO-2023-1804
- Severity: CVSS 9.3 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.9.5, 1.10.0, 1.9.5
- Published: 2026-09-01 · Updated: 2026-10-08

## Affected

- kyverno: fixed in 1.9.5, 1.10.0
- kyverno (Bitnami): fixed in 1.9.5
- github.com/kyverno/kyverno (Go): fixed in 1.9.5

## Description

Kyverno versions 1.9.4 and earlier support insecure 3DES cipher suites (TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA and TLS_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA) on their TLS endpoints. These 64-bit block ciphers are vulnerable to the Sweet32 attack (CVE-2016-2183), which, over very long-lived TLS connections carrying large volumes of traffic, could allow an attacker to recover small amounts of plaintext. The issue is fixed in Kyverno 1.9.5 and 1.10.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on kyverno, github.com/kyverno/kyverno, upgrade to a fixed version (1.9.5, 1.10.0, 1.9.5) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno/security/advisories/GHSA-hgv6-w7r3-w4qw
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/kyverno-before-1.9.5-sweet32-medium-strength-cipher-suites

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