CVE-2026-4789
Vulnerability Summary
Timeline
Description
Kyverno, versions 1.16.0 and later, are vulnerable to SSRF due to unrestricted CEL HTTP functions.
CVSS Metrics
- v3.1•CRITICAL•Score: 9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- v3.1•HIGH•Score: 8.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
EPSS Trends
Current EPSS score: 0.70%• Percentile: 52%
Techniques & Countermeasures
- CWE-918•Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
The web server receives a URL or similar request from an upstream component and retrieves the contents of this URL, but it does not sufficiently ensure that the request is being sent to the expected destination.
Affected Systems
- chainguard•commercial-kyverno-1.16
all
- chainguard•commercial-kyverno-1.17
all
- chainguard•commercial-kyverno-background-controller-1.16
all
- chainguard•commercial-kyverno-background-controller-1.17
all
- chainguard•commercial-kyverno-cleanup-controller-1.16
all
- chainguard•commercial-kyverno-cleanup-controller-1.17
all
- chainguard•commercial-kyverno-reports-controller-1.16
all
- chainguard•commercial-kyverno-reports-controller-1.17
all
- chainguard•commercial-kyvernopre-1.16
all
- chainguard•commercial-kyvernopre-1.17
all
- chainguard•kyverno-1.16
< 1.16.3-r13
- chainguard•kyverno-1.17
< 1.17.1-r13
- chainguard•kyverno-background-controller-1.16
< 1.16.3-r13
- chainguard•kyverno-background-controller-1.17
< 1.17.1-r13
- chainguard•kyverno-background-controller-fips-1.16
< 1.16.3-r13
- chainguard•kyverno-background-controller-fips-1.17
< 1.17.1-r11
- chainguard•kyverno-cleanup-controller-1.16
< 1.16.3-r13
- chainguard•kyverno-cleanup-controller-1.17
< 1.17.1-r13
- chainguard•kyverno-cleanup-controller-fips-1.16
< 1.16.3-r13
- chainguard•kyverno-cleanup-controller-fips-1.17
< 1.17.1-r11
- chainguard•kyverno-cli-1.16
< 1.16.3-r13
- chainguard•kyverno-cli-1.17
< 1.17.1-r13
- chainguard•kyverno-cli-fips-1.16
< 1.16.3-r13
- chainguard•kyverno-cli-fips-1.17
< 1.17.1-r11
- chainguard•kyverno-fips-1.16
< 1.16.3-r13
- chainguard•kyverno-fips-1.17
< 1.17.1-r11
- chainguard•kyverno-init-container-1.16
< 1.16.3-r13
- chainguard•kyverno-init-container-1.17
< 1.17.1-r13
- chainguard•kyverno-init-container-fips-1.16
< 1.16.3-r13
- chainguard•kyverno-init-container-fips-1.17
< 1.17.1-r11
- chainguard•kyverno-notation-aws-fips
< 1.1-r46
- chainguard•kyverno-readiness-checker-1.17
< 1.17.1-r13
- chainguard•kyverno-readiness-checker-fips-1.17
< 1.17.1-r11
- chainguard•kyverno-reports-controller-1.16
< 1.16.3-r13
- chainguard•kyverno-reports-controller-1.17
< 1.17.1-r13
- chainguard•kyverno-reports-controller-fips-1.16
< 1.16.3-r13
- chainguard•kyverno-reports-controller-fips-1.17
< 1.17.1-r11
- wolfi•kyverno-1.16
< 1.16.3-r13
- wolfi•kyverno-1.17
< 1.17.1-r13
- wolfi•kyverno-background-controller-1.16
< 1.16.3-r13
- wolfi•kyverno-background-controller-1.17
< 1.17.1-r13
- wolfi•kyverno-cleanup-controller-1.16
< 1.16.3-r13
- wolfi•kyverno-cleanup-controller-1.17
< 1.17.1-r13
- wolfi•kyverno-cli-1.16
< 1.16.3-r13
- wolfi•kyverno-cli-1.17
< 1.17.1-r13
- wolfi•kyverno-init-container-1.16
< 1.16.3-r13
- wolfi•kyverno-init-container-1.17
< 1.17.1-r13
- wolfi•kyverno-readiness-checker-1.17
< 1.17.1-r13
- wolfi•kyverno-reports-controller-1.16
< 1.16.3-r13
- wolfi•kyverno-reports-controller-1.17
< 1.17.1-r13
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References (8)
- https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno
- https://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/655822
- https://portswigger.net/web-security/ssrf
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/655822
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-4789
- https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno/pull/15729
- https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno/security/advisories/GHSA-rggm-jjmc-3394
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/4xxx/CVE-2026-4789.json