K8s Windows Node PrivEsc via Pod Creation on Windows Nodes
CVE-2023-3676 Published on October 31, 2023
Kubernetes - Windows nodes - Insufficient input sanitization leads to privilege escalation
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.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2023-3676 is exploitable with network access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. Public availability of a proof of concept (POC) exploit exists for CVE-2023-3676. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
Improper Input Validation
The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.
Products Associated with CVE-2023-3676
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Affected Versions
Kubernetes kubelet:- Version v1.28.0 is affected.
- Version v1.27.0, <= v1.27.4 is affected.
- Version v1.26.0, <= v1.26.7 is affected.
- Version v1.25.0, <= v1.25.12 is affected.
- Version v1.28.1 is unaffected.
- Version v1.27.5 is unaffected.
- Version v1.26.8 is unaffected.
- Version v1.25.13 is unaffected.
- Version v1.24.17 is unaffected.
- Before and including v1.24.16 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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