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CVE-2023-5528

8.8 highEPSS 4.1%

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

8.8 high
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
4.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 90% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE
CWE-20
Published
Modified
Record from
the NVD, synced

Affected

Packages (OSV)

AdvisoryEcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
GHSA-hq6q-c2x6-hmchGok8s.io/kubernetes>=1.28.0 <1.28.41.28.4
GHSA-hq6q-c2x6-hmchGok8s.io/kubernetes>=1.27.0 <1.27.81.27.8
GHSA-hq6q-c2x6-hmchGok8s.io/kubernetes>=1.26.0 <1.26.111.26.11
GHSA-hq6q-c2x6-hmchGok8s.io/kubernetes<1.25.161.25.16
GO-2023-2341Gok8s.io/kubernetes<1.25.16
>=1.26.0 <1.26.11
>=1.27.0 <1.27.8
>=1.28.0 <1.28.4		1.25.16, 1.26.11, 1.27.8, 1.28.4

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