4.3
MEDIUM CVSS 3.1
CVE-2026-29773
kubewarden-controller cross-namespace data exfiltration via deprecated host callback binding
Description

Kubewarden is a policy engine for Kubernetes. Kubewarden cluster operators can grant permissions to users to deploy namespaced AdmissionPolicies and AdmissionPolicyGroups in their Namespaces. One of Kubewarden promises is that configured users can deploy namespaced policies in a safe manner, without privilege escalation. An attacker with privileged "AdmissionPolicy" create permissions (which isn't the default) could make use of 3 deprecated host-callback APIs: kubernetes/ingresses, kubernetes/namespaces, kubernetes/services. The attacker can craft a policy that exercises these deprecated API calls and would allow them read access to Ingresses, Namespaces, and Services resources respectively. This attack is read-only, there is no write capability and no access to Secrets, ConfigMaps, or other resource types beyond these three.

INFO

Published Date :

March 10, 2026, 5:39 p.m.

Last Modified :

March 11, 2026, 1:53 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !
Affected Products

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CVSS Scores
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Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM MITRE-CVE
CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM [email protected]
Solution
Restrict 'AdmissionPolicy' creation permissions and review Kubewarden API usage.
  • Limit privileges for creating 'AdmissionPolicy'.
  • Ensure Kubewarden policies do not use deprecated APIs.
  • Update Kubewarden to a version that removes deprecated APIs.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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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.

  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Mar. 10, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description Kubewarden is a policy engine for Kubernetes. Kubewarden cluster operators can grant permissions to users to deploy namespaced AdmissionPolicies and AdmissionPolicyGroups in their Namespaces. One of Kubewarden promises is that configured users can deploy namespaced policies in a safe manner, without privilege escalation. An attacker with privileged "AdmissionPolicy" create permissions (which isn't the default) could make use of 3 deprecated host-callback APIs: kubernetes/ingresses, kubernetes/namespaces, kubernetes/services. The attacker can craft a policy that exercises these deprecated API calls and would allow them read access to Ingresses, Namespaces, and Services resources respectively. This attack is read-only, there is no write capability and no access to Secrets, ConfigMaps, or other resource types beyond these three.
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
    Added CWE CWE-863
    Added Reference https://github.com/kubewarden/kubewarden-controller/commit/4e41b60ae44902d82d94101bac93fb77cae65651
    Added Reference https://github.com/kubewarden/kubewarden-controller/pull/1519
    Added Reference https://github.com/kubewarden/kubewarden-controller/security/advisories/GHSA-6r7f-3fwq-hq74
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