Vulnerabilities > CVE-2023-5528
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
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.
Vulnerable Configurations
References
- https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/121879
- https://groups.google.com/g/kubernetes-security-announce/c/SL_d4NR8pzA
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/4XZIX727JIKF5RQW7RVVBLWXBCDIBJA7/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/7MPGMITSZXUCAVO7Q75675SOLXC2XXU4/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/3JH444PWZBINXLLFV7XLIJIZJHSK6UEZ/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240119-0009/