High severity · published Nov 14, 2023
CVE-2023-5528
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
8.8
CVSS
4.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)4.1% · higher than 91% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
37; 38; 39 · source: NVD
KU
Kubernetes · Kubernetes
1.8.0 before 1.25.16; 1.26.0 before 1.26.11; 1.27.0 before 1.27.8; 1.28.0 before 1.28.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5528
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5528
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/121879
Mailing List
https://groups.google.com/g/kubernetes-security-announce/c/SL_d4NR8pzA
Patch
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3JH444PWZBINXLLFV7XLIJIZJHSK6UEZ/
Patch
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4XZIX727JIKF5RQW7RVVBLWXBCDIBJA7/
Patch
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7MPGMITSZXUCAVO7Q75675SOLXC2XXU4/
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240119-0009/
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