What is CVE-2026-44245?

CVE-2026-44245 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Kyverno, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2026-05-12.

How severe is CVE-2026-44245?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Kyverno

CVE-2026-44245

Kyverno is a policy engine designed for cloud native platform engineering teams. Prior to 2.5.2, Vue 3's v-html directive is the framework-documented mechanism for injecting raw HTML, and it intentionally disables the auto-escaping that {{…

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.000 (9.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Kyverno — versions < 2.5.2
Kyverno Policy-reporter-ui

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-44245?: CVE-2026-44245 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Kyverno, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2026-05-12.
How severe is CVE-2026-44245?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.