CVE-2023-5528

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-20 Input Validation

Publication date:

14/11/2023

Last modified:

03/01/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.20 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): High
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

7.20

Severity 3.x

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:kubernetes::::::::	1.8.0 (including)	1.25.16 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:kubernetes::::::::	1.26.0 (including)	1.26.11 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:kubernetes::::::::	1.27.0 (including)	1.27.8 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:kubernetes::::::::	1.28.0 (including)	1.28.4 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:39:::::::*

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CVE-2023-5528

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

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