CVE-2023-3955

high

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.

References

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231221-0002/

https://groups.google.com/g/kubernetes-security-announce/c/JrX4bb7d83E

https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/119595

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2023-2793

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2023-10-31

Updated: 2026-06-17

Named Vulnerability: GO-2023-2170Named Vulnerability: GHSA-q78c-gwqw-jcmc

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