{"id":"CVE-2023-33191","aliases":["GHSA-33hq-f2mf-jm3c","GO-2023-1801"],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2023-33191","summary":"kyverno seccomp control can be circumvented","details":"### Impact\n\nUsers of the podSecurity (`validate.podSecurity`) subrule in Kyverno versions v1.9.2 and v1.9.3 may be unable to enforce the check for the Seccomp control at the baseline level when using a `version` value of `latest`. There is no effect if a version number is referenced instead. See the [documentation](https://kyverno.io/docs/writing-policies/validate/#pod-security) for information on this subrule type. Users of Kyverno v1.9.2 and v1.9.3 are affected.\n\n### Patches\n\nv1.9.4\nv1.10.0\n\n### Workarounds\n\nTo work around this issue without upgrading to v1.9.4, temporarily install individual policies for the respective Seccomp checks in baseline [here](https://kyverno.io/policies/pod-security/baseline/restrict-seccomp/restrict-seccomp/) and restricted [here](https://kyverno.io/policies/pod-security/restricted/restrict-seccomp-strict/restrict-seccomp-strict/).\n\n### References\n\n* https://kyverno.io/docs/writing-policies/validate/#pod-security\n* https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno/pull/7263\n","published":"2023-05-30T06:06:14.987Z","modified":"2026-08-12T03:51:35.898305702Z","cvss":{"score":4.6,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L"},"epss":null,"cisaKev":null,"exploitsKnown":0,"affectedPackages":[{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/kyverno/kyverno","fixedVersion":"1.9.4"}],"fix":{"url":"https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno/pull/7263","label":"kyverno/kyverno#7263"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno/releases/tag/v1.9.4"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/33xxx/CVE-2023-33191.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno/security/advisories/GHSA-33hq-f2mf-jm3c"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-33191"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno/pull/7263"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/kyverno/kyverno"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2026-08-12T03:51:35.898305702Z"}}