CVE-2023-3955highCWE-20

CVE-2023-3955: high-severity vulnerability in Kubernetes kubelet

Kubernetes - Windows nodes - Insufficient input sanitization leads to privilege escalation

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21Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.

ssvc Trackcvss 8.8epss 3.8%
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.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
Kubernetes · kubelet
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