Kyverno before 1.9.5 Sweet32 Medium Strength Cipher Suites
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-326.
Summary
Kyverno versions 1.9.4 and earlier support insecure 3DES cipher suites (TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA and TLS_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA) on their TLS endpoints. These 64-bit block ciphers are vulnerable to the Sweet32 attack (CVE-2016-2183), which, over very long-lived TLS connections carrying large volumes of traffic, could allow an attacker to recover small amounts of plaintext. The issue is fixed in Kyverno 1.9.5 and 1.10.0.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA kyverno (kyverno) Fixed in 1.9.5, 1.10.0
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-54356
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-x85p-7rrx-px32
References
More kyverno vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-32618 Kyverno's PolicyException objects can be created in any namespace by default CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-57895 Kyverno before v1.13.0 Policy Bypass via Multiple Exceptions CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.4
- TI-2026-39369 Missing authorization in kyverno CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
- TI-2026-17733 Kyverno Cross-Namespace Privilege Escalation via Policy apiCall CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2026-29924 Kyverno: ServiceAccount token leaked to external servers via apiCall service URL CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2026-29524 kyverno apicall servicecall implicit bearer token injection leaks kyverno serviceaccount token CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
Sources
- CVE-2023-54356 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-54356 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-x85p-7rrx-px32 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2023-54356 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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