high8.8
CVE-2023-3676
Kubernetes privilege escalation vulnerability
Impact
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.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| go | k8s.io/kubernetes | = 1.28.0 | 1.28.1 |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Kubernetes | Kubernetes | before 1.24.17 from 1.25.0 before 1.25.13 from 1.26.0 before 1.26.8 from 1.27.0 before 1.27.5 from 1.28.0 before 1.28.1 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- GitHub advisory
- https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/119339
- https://groups.google.com/g/kubernetes-security-announce/c/d_fvHZ9a5zc
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231130-0007/
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7fxm-f474-hf8w
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-3676
- https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120127
- https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120129
- https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120130
- https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120131
- https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120132
- https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120133
- https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/commit/073f9ea33a93ddaecdc2e829150fb715f6387399
- https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/commit/39cc101c7855341c651a943b9836b50fbace8a6b
- https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/commit/74b617310c24ca84c2ec90c3858af745d65b5226
- https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/commit/890483394221c8f22e88c48f86cd4eaf4de65fd6
- https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/commit/a53faf5e17ed0b0771a605c6401ba4cbf297b59a
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231130-0007