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High severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 31, 2023· Updated Feb 27, 2025

Kubernetes - Windows nodes - Insufficient input sanitization leads to privilege escalation

CVE-2023-3676

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.

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Affected packages

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PackageAffected versionsPatched versions
k8s.io/kubernetesGo
>= 1.28.0, < 1.28.11.28.1
k8s.io/kubernetesGo
>= 1.27.0, < 1.27.51.27.5
k8s.io/kubernetesGo
>= 1.26.0, < 1.26.81.26.8
k8s.io/kubernetesGo
>= 1.25.0, < 1.25.131.25.13
k8s.io/kubernetesGo
< 1.24.171.24.17

Affected products

66

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