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CVE-2023-3955

HIGH
Published 2023-10-31T20:36:54.352Z
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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
0.006
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.6% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.678
Higher than 67.8% 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
kubernetes

kubelet

Affected Versions:

1.28.0 1.27.0 1.26.0 1.25.0 1.28.1 1.27.5 1.26.8 1.25.13 1.24.17 0

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

✓ GitHub Reviewed HIGH

Kubernetes privilege escalation vulnerability

GHSA-q78c-gwqw-jcmc

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-2023-3955
WEB https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/119595
WEB https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120128
WEB https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120134
WEB https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120135
WEB https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120136
WEB https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120137
WEB https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120138
WEB https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/commit/38c97fa67ed35f36e730856728c9e3807f63546a
WEB https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/commit/50334505cd27cbe7cf71865388f25a00e29b2596
WEB https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/commit/7da6d72c05dffb3b87e62e2bc8c3228ea12ba1b9
WEB https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/commit/b7547e28f898af37aa2f1107a49111f963250fe6
WEB https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/commit/c4e17abb04728e3a3f9bb26e727b0f978df20ec9
PACKAGE https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes
WEB https://groups.google.com/g/kubernetes-security-announce/c/JrX4bb7d83E
WEB https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231221-0002

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

References

https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/119595
https://groups.google.com/g/kubernetes-security-announce/c/JrX4bb7d83E
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231221-0002/
Published: 2023-10-31T20:36:54.352Z
Last Modified: 2025-02-13T17:03:13.470Z
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