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kyverno seccomp control can be circumvented

Type: advisorySources: OSV

Kyverno is a policy engine designed for Kubernetes. Kyverno seccomp control can be circumvented. Users of the podSecurity `validate.podSecurity` subrule in Kyverno 1.9.2 and 1.9.3 are vulnerable. This issue was patched in version 1.9.4.

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Affected versions
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Fixed versions
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CVEs
CVE-2023-33191
Confirmed fixed CVEs
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Updated in this feed
7 Nov 2026, 02:32 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

kyverno seccomp control can be circumvented

core-osv · Original source

Published 30 May 2023, 06:06 UTC

Kyverno is a policy engine designed for Kubernetes. Kyverno seccomp control can be circumvented. Users of the podSecurity `validate.podSecurity` subrule in Kyverno 1.9.2 and 1.9.3 are vulnerable. This issue was patched in version 1.9.4.

osv:CVE-2023-33191
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-33191",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "kyverno seccomp control can be circumvented",
    "summary": "Kyverno is a policy engine designed for Kubernetes. Kyverno seccomp control can be circumvented. Users of the podSecurity `validate.podSecurity` subrule in Kyverno 1.9.2 and 1.9.3 are vulnerable. This issue was patched in version 1.9.4.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2023-33191",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2023-33191",
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        "GHSA-33hq-f2mf-jm3c",
        "GO-2023-1801"
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          "database_specific": {
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:49.093014073Z",
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        "https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno/security/advisories/GHSA-33hq-f2mf-jm3c",
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 517386,
  "published_at": "2023-05-30T06:06:14.987+00:00"
}