CVE-2023-3955

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    CVE-2023-3955

    Published: 31 Oct 2023Last Modified: 28 Oct 2026

    Summary: Kubernetes - Windows nodes - 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 may be able to escalate to admin privileges on those nodes. Kubernetes clusters are only affected if they include Windows nodes.

    References: https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/3xxx/CVE-2023-3955.json, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-3955, https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231221-0002/, https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/119595, https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes, https://groups.google.com/g/kubernetes-security-announce/c/JrX4bb7d83E

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2535c48bc9b3b2e68ea2812f3a82ac889cede1a3

    Affected versions

    v1.28.0

    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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