Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting kyverno-fips-1.15 package, versions <1.15.3-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (20th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-MINIMOSLATEST-KYVERNOFIPS115-15132000
  • published29 Jan 2026
  • disclosed27 Jan 2026

Introduced: 27 Jan 2026

CVE-2026-23881  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Minimos:latest kyverno-fips-1.15 to version 1.15.3-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kyverno-fips-1.15 package and not the kyverno-fips-1.15 package as distributed by Minimos. See How to fix? for Minimos:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

Kyverno is a policy engine designed for cloud native platform engineering teams. Versions prior to 1.16.3 and 1.15.3 have unbounded memory consumption in Kyverno's policy engine that allows users with policy creation privileges to cause denial of service by crafting policies that exponentially amplify string data through context variables. Versions 1.16.3 and 1.15.3 contain a patch for the vulnerability.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1