CVE-2023-3676
Insufficient input sanitization on Windows nodes leads to privilege escalation in k8s.io/kubernetes
8.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 40.7%
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.
How to fix CVE-2023-3676
To remediate CVE-2023-3676, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 1.20.5+really1.20.2-1 or later
- —upgrade to 1.28.1 or later
- —upgrade to 1.24.17 or later
Is CVE-2023-3676 being exploited?
Moderate — EPSS is 40.7%. Track this CVE but it's not at the top of the prioritisation list.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 1.20.5+really1.20.2-1
- >= 1.28.0, < 1.28.1
- from 0, < 1.24.17, >= 1.25.0, < 1.25.13, >= 1.26.0, < 1.26.8, >= 1.27.0, < 1.27.5, >= 1.28.0, < 1.28.1
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 |