SSRF in Kyverno

CVE-2026-84199

Kyverno before 1.16.2 contains a server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in the APICall feature. The URL field in a Policy's ServiceCall configuration is not validated, so a user with namespace-level Policy creation permissions can direct Kyverno to make HTTP requests to arbitrary internal resources (e.g., cloud metadata endpoints such as 169.254.169.254 or other tenants' resources). Because Kyverno executes these requests using its cluster-wide high-privilege ServiceAccount (a Confused Deputy problem), the responses—potentially including other tenants' secrets and cloud IAM credentials—are returned in the PolicyReport and can be read by the attacker, breaking multi-tenant isolation.

Vulnerability class: SSRF (Server-Side Request Forgery)

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.7 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-84199?
CVE-2026-84199 is a high-severity vulnerability in Kyverno, classified under Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF). CVSS score: 7.7/10. Published 2026-09-01.
How severe is CVE-2026-84199?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.7 out of 10.