CVE-2023-5528
7.2
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kubernetes | kubelet | v1.28.0 <= v1.28.3 | affected |
| Kubernetes | kubelet | v1.27.0 <= v1.27.7 | affected |
| Kubernetes | kubelet | v1.26.0 <= v1.26.10 | affected |
| Kubernetes | kubelet | 0 <= v1.25.15 | affected |
| Kubernetes | kubelet | v1.28.4 | unaffected |
| Kubernetes | kubelet | v1.27.8 | unaffected |
| Kubernetes | kubelet | v1.26.11 | unaffected |
| Kubernetes | kubelet | v1.25.16 | unaffected |
Weaknesses
- CWE-20: CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
ADP Enrichment
CVE Program Container
Additional References
- https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/121879
- https://groups.google.com/g/kubernetes-security-announce/c/SL_d4NR8pzA
- 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/7MPGMITSZXUCAVO7Q75675SOLXC2XXU4/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3JH444PWZBINXLLFV7XLIJIZJHSK6UEZ/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240119-0009/
CISA ADP Vulnrichment
- SSVC:
- Exploitation: poc
- Automatable: no
- Technical Impact: total
References
- https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/121879
- https://groups.google.com/g/kubernetes-security-announce/c/SL_d4NR8pzA
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