GHSA-r6cc-7wj7-gfx2

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    GHSA-r6cc-7wj7-gfx2

    Published: 3 Nov 2023Last Modified: 9 Jul 2025

    Summary: Kubernetes csi-proxy vulnerable to privilege escalation due to improper input validation

    Details: Kubernetes is vulnerable to privilege escalation when 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://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-3893, https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/119594, https://github.com/kubernetes-csi/csi-proxy/commit/0e83a68159111e4ee510f5aa56d47ba97bda60c7, https://github.com/kubernetes-csi/csi-proxy/commit/2523e6674dedf3de27f84235efec28555da24664, https://github.com/kubernetes-csi/csi-proxy, https://groups.google.com/g/kubernetes-security-announce/c/lWksE2BoCyQ, https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231221-0004

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: github.com/kubernetes-csi/csi-proxy/v2

    Purl: pkg:golang/github.com/kubernetes-csi/csi-proxy/v2

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 2.0.0-alpha.0
    Fixed -2.0.0-alpha.1

    Affected versions

    2.0.0-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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