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SCA: security update for k8s.io/kubernetes (GHSA-hq6q-c2x6-hmch)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 415890

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - A security issue was discovered in Kubernetes where a user that can create pods and persistent volumes on
 Windows nodes may be able to escalate to admin privileges on those nodes. Kubernetes clusters are only
 affected if they are using an in-tree storage plugin for Windows nodes. (CVE-2023-5528)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hq6q-c2x6-hmch

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 415890

Version: Revision 1.8

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.86

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-5528

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/14/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/14/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-5528

cwe: CWE-20