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Kubernetes: CVE-2023-3676: Insufficient input sanitization on Windows nodes leads to privilege escalation

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Kubernetes: CVE-2023-3676: Insufficient input sanitization on Windows nodes leads to privilege escalation

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
10/31/2023
Created
11/16/2023
Added
11/13/2023
Modified
02/02/2024

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.

Solution(s)

  • kubernetes-upgrade-1_24_17
  • kubernetes-upgrade-1_25_13
  • kubernetes-upgrade-1_26_8
  • kubernetes-upgrade-1_27_5
  • kubernetes-upgrade-1_28_1

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