{"id":"CVE-2023-33191","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2023-33191","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T01:11:07.699Z","title":"Users of the podSecurity `validate.podSecurity` subrule in Kyverno 1.9.2 and 1.9.3 are vulnerable.","description":"Kyverno is a policy engine designed for Kubernetes. Kyverno seccomp control can be circumvented. Users of the podSecurity `validate.podSecurity` subrule in Kyverno 1.9.2 and 1.9.3 are vulnerable. This issue was patched in version 1.9.4.","published":"2023-05-30T07:15:10.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T06:01:16.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security-advisories@github.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-284"],"affected":["nirmata/kyverno"],"epss":{"score":0.00485,"percentile":0.41485,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.48%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno/pull/7263","tags":["Issue Tracking"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno/releases/tag/v1.9.4","tags":["Release Notes"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno/security/advisories/GHSA-33hq-f2mf-jm3c","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno/pull/7263","tags":["Issue Tracking"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno/releases/tag/v1.9.4","tags":["Release Notes"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno/security/advisories/GHSA-33hq-f2mf-jm3c","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-33191","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}