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GHSA-q78c-gwqw-jcmc Kubernetes privilege escalation vulnerability

HIGH Published 2023-10-31 Modified 2025-02-13 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2023-3955
Ecosystem
Go
Packages
k8s.io/kubernetes
Severity
High
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-20
Reviewed
2023-11-01

Affected packages

• Go k8s.io/kubernetes: >= 1.28.0, < 1.28.1 → fixed in 1.28.1 • Go k8s.io/kubernetes: >= 1.27.0, < 1.27.5 → fixed in 1.27.5 • Go k8s.io/kubernetes: >= 1.26.0, < 1.26.8 → fixed in 1.26.8 • Go k8s.io/kubernetes: >= 1.25.0, < 1.25.13 → fixed in 1.25.13 • Go k8s.io/kubernetes: < 1.24.17 → fixed in 1.24.17

Description

A security issue was discovered in Kubernetes where a user that can create pods on Windows nodes may be able to escalate to admin privileges on those nodes. Kubernetes clusters are only affected if they include Windows nodes.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2023-3955 A security issue was discovered in Kubernetes where a user that can create pods on Windows nodes may be able to escalate to admin… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

References