9.3

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

Awaiting analysis
AliasesGHSA-hgv6-w7r3-w4qwGO-2023-1804BIT-kyverno-2023-54356
Published 01-09-2026Last modified 08-10-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2023-54356 is a critical (CVSS 9.3) Inadequate Encryption Strength vulnerability in kyverno. EPSS estimates a 0.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 9.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Prioritisesevere

Severe, CVSS 9.3 (CVE.org); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 0% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
9.3/10
010
Critical · v4.0 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.20%
0%100%
Low · +0.05 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 01-09-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.20%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

10%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +0.05 pp

From 0.15% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Github.com/kyverno1 product
  • kyverno< 1.9.5
Kyverno1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

References

5 links