CVE-2023-3893

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    CVE-2023-3893

    Published: 3 Nov 2023Last Modified: 12 Aug 2026

    Summary: Kubernetes - csi-proxy - Insufficient input sanitization leads to privilege escalation

    Details: A security issue was discovered in Kubernetes where a user that can create pods on Windows nodes running kubernetes-csi-proxy may be able to escalate to admin privileges on those nodes. Kubernetes clusters are only affected if they include Windows nodes running kubernetes-csi-proxy.

    References: https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/3xxx/CVE-2023-3893.json, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-3893, https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231221-0004/, https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/119594, https://github.com/kubernetes-csi/csi-proxy, https://groups.google.com/g/kubernetes-security-announce/c/lWksE2BoCyQ

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    v2.0.0-alpha.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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