All pots have a tolerance value associated with them. Unless specified otherwise, assume +/-20%. So a 500k pot can be 400k to 600k. In practice the values are normally closer to 500k than the outer limits. CTS do a guitar range with a +/-9% tolerance, but that’s still 455k to 545k. Higher than 500k is almost always considered to be best for making humbuckers sound their best.
I have found that almost all my recent 500k pots have been 500k+. There was a time when CTS pots were almost always nearer 450k than 500k, so maybe they’ve adjusted their manufacturing after bad feedback. The Alpha pots I’ve used normally sit on the higher side of 500k.