CVE-2023-5528
HIGH8.8EPSS 19.9%Kubernetes Improper Input Validation vulnerability
Published: 11/14/2023Modified: 2/4/2026
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.
Affected packages (2)
- Go/k8s.io/kubernetes>= 1.28.0, < 1.28.4
- Go/k8s.io/kubernetesfrom 0, < 1.25.16, >= 1.26.0, < 1.26.11, >= 1.27.0, < 1.27.8, >= 1.28.0, < 1.28.4
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
References (14)
- ADVISORYhttps://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hq6q-c2x6-hmch
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5528
- PATCHhttps://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes
- WEBhttps://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/121879
- WEBhttps://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121881
- WEBhttps://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121882
- WEBhttps://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121883
- WEBhttps://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121884
- WEBhttps://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121885
- WEBhttps://groups.google.com/g/kubernetes-security-announce/c/SL_d4NR8pzA
- WEBhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/3JH444PWZBINXLLFV7XLIJIZJHSK6UEZ
- WEBhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/4XZIX727JIKF5RQW7RVVBLWXBCDIBJA7
- WEBhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/7MPGMITSZXUCAVO7Q75675SOLXC2XXU4
- WEBhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240119-0009