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CVE-2023-3676

HIGH
Published 2023-10-31T20:22:53.620Z
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CVSS Score

V3.1
8.8
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.326
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 32.6% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.966
Higher than 96.6% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH

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.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

Kubernetes

kubelet

Affected Versions:

v1.28.0 v1.27.0 v1.26.0 v1.25.0 v1.28.1 v1.27.5 v1.26.8 v1.25.13 v1.24.17 0

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

✓ GitHub Reviewed HIGH

Kubernetes privilege escalation vulnerability

GHSA-7fxm-f474-hf8w

Advisory Details

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

Go k8s.io/kubernetes
ECOSYSTEM: ≥1.28.0 <1.28.1
Go k8s.io/kubernetes
ECOSYSTEM: ≥1.27.0 <1.27.5
Go k8s.io/kubernetes
ECOSYSTEM: ≥1.26.0 <1.26.8
Go k8s.io/kubernetes
ECOSYSTEM: ≥1.25.0 <1.25.13
Go k8s.io/kubernetes
ECOSYSTEM: ≥0 <1.24.17

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

7.5

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-3676
WEB https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/119339
WEB https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120127
WEB https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120129
WEB https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120130
WEB https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120131
WEB https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120132
WEB https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120133
WEB https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/commit/073f9ea33a93ddaecdc2e829150fb715f6387399
WEB https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/commit/39cc101c7855341c651a943b9836b50fbace8a6b
WEB https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/commit/74b617310c24ca84c2ec90c3858af745d65b5226
WEB https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/commit/890483394221c8f22e88c48f86cd4eaf4de65fd6
WEB https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/commit/a53faf5e17ed0b0771a605c6401ba4cbf297b59a
PACKAGE https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes
WEB https://groups.google.com/g/kubernetes-security-announce/c/d_fvHZ9a5zc
WEB https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231130-0007

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: October 31, 2023, Modified: February 13, 2025

References

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/
Published: 2023-10-31T20:22:53.620Z
Last Modified: 2025-02-27T20:38:37.768Z
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