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Kyverno APICall SSRF Vulnerability Leading to Multi-Tenant Isolation Breach

Type: advisorySources: OSV2 source records

### Summary Kyverno's APICall feature contains a Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability that allows users with Policy creation permissions to access arbitrary internal resources through Kyverno's high-privilege ServiceAccount. In multi-tenant Kubernetes environments, this constitutes a classic Confused Deputy problem: low-privilege tenants can steal sensitive data from other tenants (such as database passwords and API keys) and cloud platform IAM credentials, completely breaking tenant isolation. This vulnerability does not require cluster-admin privileges and can be exploited with only namespace-level Policy creation permissions. ### Details #### Vulnerability Mechanism Kyverno's APICall feature allows Policies to fetch external data via HTTP requests. This feature does not validate target URLs when executing HTTP requests, leading to an SSRF vulnerability. **Source Point - User-Controlled URL** File: `api/kyverno/v1/common_types.go`, lines 247-250 ```go type ServiceCall struct { // URL is the JSON web service URL URL string `json:"url"` // User-controlled, no validation Headers []HTTPHeader `json:"headers,omitempty"` CABundle string `json:"caBundle,omitempty"` } ``` The URL field is completely controlled by users through Policy configuration, with no validation mechanism to restrict target addresses. **Sink Point - HTTP Request Execution** File: `pkg/engine/apicall/executor.go`, lines 65-110 ```go func (a *executor) executeServiceCall(ctx context.Context, apiCall

Products
github.com/kyverno/kyverno
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
1.16.2
CVEs
CVE-2026-84199
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
30 Oct 2026, 12:06 UTC · Revision 2

Source evidence

Kyverno APICall SSRF Vulnerability Leading to Multi-Tenant Isolation Breach

core-osv · Original source

Published 14 Apr 2026, 20:06 UTC

### Summary Kyverno's APICall feature contains a Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability that allows users with Policy creation permissions to access arbitrary internal resources through Kyverno's high-privilege ServiceAccount. In multi-tenant Kubernetes environments, this constitutes a classic Confused Deputy problem: low-privilege tenants can steal sensitive data from other tenants (such as database passwords and API keys) and cloud platform IAM credentials, completely breaking tenant isolation. This vulnerability does not require cluster-admin privileges and can be exploited with only namespace-level Policy creation permissions. ### Details #### Vulnerability Mechanism Kyverno's APICall feature allows Policies to fetch external data via HTTP requests. This feature does not validate target URLs when executing HTTP requests, leading to an SSRF vulnerability. **Source Point - User-Controlled URL** File: `api/kyverno/v1/common_types.go`, lines 247-250 ```go type ServiceCall struct { // URL is the JSON web service URL URL string `json:"url"` // User-controlled, no validation Headers []HTTPHeader `json:"headers,omitempty"` CABundle string `json:"caBundle,omitempty"` } ``` The URL field is completely controlled by users through Policy configuration, with no validation mechanism to restrict target addresses. **Sink Point - HTTP Request Execution** File: `pkg/engine/apicall/executor.go`, lines 65-110 ```go func (a *executor) executeServiceCall(ctx context.Context, apiCall

osv:GHSA-fmqp-4wfc-w3v7

github.com/kyverno/kyverno

Fixed versions: 1.16.2

Complete source record
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Kyverno APICall SSRF Vulnerability Leading to Multi-Tenant Isolation Breach in github.com/kyverno/kyverno

core-osv · Original source

Published 25 Jun 2026, 18:43 UTC

Kyverno APICall SSRF Vulnerability Leading to Multi-Tenant Isolation Breach in github.com/kyverno/kyverno

osv:GO-2026-5371

github.com/kyverno/kyverno

Fixed versions: 1.16.2

Complete source record
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