CVE-2023-3955: Kubernetes privilege escalation vulnerability
(updated )
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.
References
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-q78c-gwqw-jcmc
- github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes
- github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/commit/38c97fa67ed35f36e730856728c9e3807f63546a
- github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/commit/50334505cd27cbe7cf71865388f25a00e29b2596
- github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/commit/7da6d72c05dffb3b87e62e2bc8c3228ea12ba1b9
- github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/commit/b7547e28f898af37aa2f1107a49111f963250fe6
- github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/commit/c4e17abb04728e3a3f9bb26e727b0f978df20ec9
- github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/119595
- github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120128
- github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120134
- github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120135
- github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120136
- github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120137
- github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120138
- groups.google.com/g/kubernetes-security-announce/c/JrX4bb7d83E
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-3955
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231221-0002
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