CVE-2023-3955

HIGH

Kubernetes < 1.24.17 and 1.28.0 - Privilege Escalation via Windows Pod Creation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Exploit, Mitigation, Patch, Third Party Advisory issue-tracking
https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/119595

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0339
EPSS Percentile 87.3%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (2)
k8s.io/kubernetes 1.28.0 - 1.28.1Go
kubernetes/kubernetes < 1.24.17
Published Oct 31, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026