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CVE-2023-5528
November 14, 2023
A security issue was discovered in Kubernetes where a user that can create pods and persistent volumes on Windows nodes may be able to escalate to admin privileges on those nodes. Kubernetes clusters are only affected if they are using an in-tree storage plugin for Windows nodes.
Related Resources (18)
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hq6q-c2x6-hmch
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4XZIX727JIKF5RQW7RVVBLWXBCDIBJA7/
https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121883
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7MPGMITSZXUCAVO7Q75675SOLXC2XXU4
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7MPGMITSZXUCAVO7Q75675SOLXC2XXU4/
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240119-0009
https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/121879
https://groups.google.com/g/kubernetes-security-announce/c/SL_d4NR8pzA
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240119-0009/
https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5528
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4XZIX727JIKF5RQW7RVVBLWXBCDIBJA7
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3JH444PWZBINXLLFV7XLIJIZJHSK6UEZ/
https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121884
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3JH444PWZBINXLLFV7XLIJIZJHSK6UEZ
https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121885
https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121882
https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121881
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
8.6
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
7.2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Improper Input Validation
CWE-20
EPSS
Base Score:
18.51