{"id":"CVE-2022-47633","aliases":["BIT-kyverno-2022-47633","EUVD-2022-7674","GHSA-m3cq-xcx9-3gvm","GO-2022-1180"],"status":"published","title":"kyverno verifyImages rule bypass possible with malicious proxy/registry","description":"An image signature validation bypass vulnerability in Kyverno 1.8.3 and 1.8.4 allows a malicious image registry (or a man-in-the-middle attacker) to inject unsigned arbitrary container images into a protected Kubernetes cluster. This is fixed in 1.8.5. This has been fixed in 1.8.5 and mitigations are available for impacted releases.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":8.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-09","score":0.01047,"percentile":0.64437,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-287"],"published":"2022-12-21T17:24:10Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:45Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"Go","package":"github.com/kyverno/kyverno","fixed_in":["1.8.5"],"sources":["ghsa","osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"Go","package":"github.com/kyverno/kyverno","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"1.8.3"},{"fixed":"1.8.5"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Bitnami","package":"kyverno","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"1.8.3"},{"last_affected":"1.8.3"},{"introduced":"1.8.4"},{"last_affected":"1.8.4"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Go","package":"github.com/kyverno/kyverno","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"1.8.3"},{"fixed":"1.8.5"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Go","package":"github.com/kyverno/kyverno","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"1.8.3"},{"fixed":"1.8.5"}]}]}],"products":[{"vendor":"kyverno","product":"kyverno"}],"references":[{"url":"https://kyverno.io/docs/writing-policies/verify-images/","tags":["x_transferred","Product","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno/compare/v1.8.4...v1.8.5","tags":["x_transferred","Patch","Third Party Advisory","advisory","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno/releases/tag/v1.8.5","tags":["x_transferred","Release Notes","Third Party Advisory","advisory","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno/pull/5713","tags":["x_transferred","Patch","Third Party Advisory","advisory","fix","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno/security/advisories/GHSA-m3cq-xcx9-3gvm","tags":["x_transferred","Patch","Third Party Advisory","advisory","web"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-47633","tags":["web","advisory"]},{"url":"https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2022-1180","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://kyverno.io/policies/best-practices/restrict_image_registries/restrict_image_registries","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://kyverno.io/docs/writing-policies/verify-images","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20230426095744/https://kyverno.io/policies/best-practices/restrict_image_registries/restrict_image_registries","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m3cq-xcx9-3gvm"},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/47xxx/CVE-2022-47633.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno","tags":["package"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2022-47633","description":"An image signature validation bypass vulnerability in Kyverno 1.8.3 and 1.8.4 allows a malicious image registry (or a man-in-the-middle attacker) to inject unsigned arbitrary container images into a protected Kubernetes cluster. This is fixed in 1.8.5. This has been fixed in 1.8.5 and mitigations are available for impacted releases.","status":"published","published":"2022-12-23T00:00:00Z","modified":"2025-04-15T03:22:55.828Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"adp"}],"cwes":["CWE-287"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:34:25.308772Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2022-7674","description":"An image signature validation bypass vulnerability in Kyverno 1.8.3 and 1.8.4 allows a malicious image registry (or a man-in-the-middle attacker) to inject unsigned arbitrary container images into a protected Kubernetes cluster. This is fixed in 1.8.5. 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This has been fixed in 1.8.5 and mitigations are available for impacted releases.","status":"published","published":"2022-12-23T00:00:00Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:45.583715371Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:44:27.776402Z"},{"id":"GHSA-m3cq-xcx9-3gvm","title":"kyverno verifyImages rule bypass possible with malicious proxy/registry","description":"### Impact\n\nUsers of Kyverno on versions 1.8.3 or 1.8.4 who use `verifyImages` rules to verify container image signatures, and do not prevent use of unknown registries.\n\n### Patches\n\nThis issue has been fixed in version [1.8.5](https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno/releases/tag/v1.8.5)\n\n### Workarounds\n\nConfigure a Kyverno policy to restrict registries to a set of secure trusted image registries ([sample](https://kyverno.io/policies/best-practices/restrict_image_registries/restrict_image_registries/)).\n\n### References","status":"published","published":"2022-12-21T17:24:10Z","modified":"2026-07-08T06:28:53.389187375Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-287"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:51.10002Z"},{"id":"BIT-kyverno-2022-47633","description":"An image signature validation bypass vulnerability in Kyverno 1.8.3 and 1.8.4 allows a malicious image registry (or a man-in-the-middle attacker) to inject unsigned arbitrary container images into a protected Kubernetes cluster. 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