CVE-2023-3893

high

Description

A security issue was discovered in Kubernetes where a user that can create pods on Windows nodes running kubernetes-csi-proxy may be able to escalate to admin privileges on those nodes. Kubernetes clusters are only affected if they include Windows nodes running kubernetes-csi-proxy.

References

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231221-0004/

https://groups.google.com/g/kubernetes-security-announce/c/lWksE2BoCyQ

https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/119594

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2023-11-03

Updated: 2025-08-01

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00653