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HIGH CVSS 3.1
CVE-2025-29778
Kyverno Keyless Certificate Verification Bypass
Description

Kyverno is a policy engine designed for cloud native platform engineering teams. Prior to version 1.14.0-alpha.1, Kyverno ignores subjectRegExp and IssuerRegExp while verifying artifact's sign with keyless mode. It allows the attacker to deploy kubernetes resources with the artifacts that were signed by unexpected certificate. Deploying these unauthorized kubernetes resources can lead to full compromise of kubernetes cluster. Version 1.14.0-alpha.1 contains a patch for the issue.

INFO

Published Date :

March 24, 2025, 5:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Aug. 1, 2025, 1:10 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !

Source :

[email protected]
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-29778 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Kyverno kyverno
1 Nirmata kyverno
: Total Affected Vendor : 2 | Products : 2
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 HIGH [email protected]
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2025-29778.

URL Resource
https://github.com/Mohdcode/kyverno/blob/373f942ea9fa8b63140d0eb0e101b9a5f71033f3/pkg/cosign/cosign.go#L537 Product
https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno/commit/8777672fb17bdf252bd2e7d8de3441e240404a60 Patch
https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno/pull/12237 Issue Tracking
https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno/security/advisories/GHSA-46mp-8w32-6g94 Exploit Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/kyverno/policies/issues/1246 Exploit Issue Tracking
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2025-29778 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2025-29778 weaknesses.

CAPEC-1: Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs CAPEC-5: Blue Boxing Blue Boxing CAPEC-13: Subverting Environment Variable Values Subverting Environment Variable Values CAPEC-17: Using Malicious Files Using Malicious Files CAPEC-39: Manipulating Opaque Client-based Data Tokens Manipulating Opaque Client-based Data Tokens CAPEC-45: Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links CAPEC-51: Poison Web Service Registry Poison Web Service Registry CAPEC-59: Session Credential Falsification through Prediction Session Credential Falsification through Prediction CAPEC-60: Reusing Session IDs (aka Session Replay) Reusing Session IDs (aka Session Replay) CAPEC-76: Manipulating Web Input to File System Calls Manipulating Web Input to File System Calls CAPEC-77: Manipulating User-Controlled Variables Manipulating User-Controlled Variables CAPEC-87: Forceful Browsing Forceful Browsing CAPEC-104: Cross Zone Scripting Cross Zone Scripting CAPEC-127: Directory Indexing Directory Indexing CAPEC-402: Bypassing ATA Password Security Bypassing ATA Password Security CAPEC-647: Collect Data from Registries Collect Data from Registries CAPEC-668: Key Negotiation of Bluetooth Attack (KNOB) Key Negotiation of Bluetooth Attack (KNOB)

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2025-29778 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 01, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:kyverno:kyverno:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.13.0 up to (excluding) 1.13.6
    Added Reference Type GitHub, Inc.: https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno/commit/8777672fb17bdf252bd2e7d8de3441e240404a60 Types: Patch
    Added Reference Type GitHub, Inc.: https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno/pull/12237 Types: Issue Tracking
    Added Reference Type GitHub, Inc.: https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno/security/advisories/GHSA-46mp-8w32-6g94 Types: Exploit, Vendor Advisory
    Added Reference Type GitHub, Inc.: https://github.com/kyverno/policies/issues/1246 Types: Exploit, Issue Tracking
    Added Reference Type GitHub, Inc.: https://github.com/Mohdcode/kyverno/blob/373f942ea9fa8b63140d0eb0e101b9a5f71033f3/pkg/cosign/cosign.go#L537 Types: Product
  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Mar. 24, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description Kyverno is a policy engine designed for cloud native platform engineering teams. Prior to version 1.14.0-alpha.1, Kyverno ignores subjectRegExp and IssuerRegExp while verifying artifact's sign with keyless mode. It allows the attacker to deploy kubernetes resources with the artifacts that were signed by unexpected certificate. Deploying these unauthorized kubernetes resources can lead to full compromise of kubernetes cluster. Version 1.14.0-alpha.1 contains a patch for the issue.
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
    Added CWE CWE-285
    Added Reference https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno/commit/8777672fb17bdf252bd2e7d8de3441e240404a60
    Added Reference https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno/pull/12237
    Added Reference https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno/security/advisories/GHSA-46mp-8w32-6g94
    Added Reference https://github.com/kyverno/policies/issues/1246
    Added Reference https://github.com/Mohdcode/kyverno/blob/373f942ea9fa8b63140d0eb0e101b9a5f71033f3/pkg/cosign/cosign.go#L537
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 8
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