CVE-2023-3955

2023-10-3121:15:08

CWE-20

kubernetes

web.nvd.nist.gov

221

cve-2023-3955

kubernetes

security issue

windows nodes

admin privileges

CVSS3

8.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

AI Score

8.5

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

33.8%

JSON

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.

Affected configurations

Nvd

Node

kuberneteskubernetesRange<1.24.17

kuberneteskubernetesRange1.25.0–1.25.13

kuberneteskubernetesRange1.26.0–1.26.8

kuberneteskubernetesRange1.27.0–1.27.5

kuberneteskubernetesRange1.28.0–1.28.1

AND

microsoftwindowsMatch-

VendorProductVersionCPE
kuberneteskubernetes*cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:kubernetes:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoftwindows-cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE
kubernetes	kubernetes	*	cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:kubernetes::::::::
microsoft	windows	-	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::*

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
    "product": "kubelet",
    "repo": "https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes",
    "vendor": "Kubernetes",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "v1.28.0"
      },
      {
        "lessThanOrEqual": "v1.27.4",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "v1.27.0",
        "versionType": "semver"
      },
      {
        "lessThanOrEqual": "v1.26.7",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "v1.26.0",
        "versionType": "semver"
      },
      {
        "lessThanOrEqual": "v1.25.12",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "v1.25.0",
        "versionType": "semver"
      },
      {
        "status": "unaffected",
        "version": "v1.28.1"
      },
      {
        "status": "unaffected",
        "version": "v1.27.5"
      },
      {
        "status": "unaffected",
        "version": "v1.26.8"
      },
      {
        "status": "unaffected",
        "version": "v1.25.13"
      },
      {
        "status": "unaffected",
        "version": "v1.24.17"
      },
      {
        "lessThanOrEqual": "v1.24.16",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "0",
        "versionType": "semver"
      }
    ]
  }
]