CVE-2023-5528

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5528
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-5528.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2023-5528
Aliases
Downstream
Related
Published
2023-11-14T20:32:08.411Z
Modified
2026-06-25T04:02:32.172067359Z
Severity
  • 7.2 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
Kubernetes - Windows nodes - Insufficient input sanitization in in-tree storage plugin leads to privilege escalation
Details

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.

Database specific
{
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/5xxx/CVE-2023-5528.json",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-20"
    ],
    "cna_assigner": "kubernetes"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes
Events
Database specific
{
    "source": "CPE_RANGE",
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:kubernetes:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "1.8.0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "1.25.16"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "1.26.0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "1.26.11"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "1.27.0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "1.27.8"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "1.28.0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "1.28.4"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

v1.*
v1.26.0
v1.26.1
v1.26.1-rc.0
v1.26.10
v1.26.2
v1.26.2-rc.0
v1.26.3
v1.26.3-rc.0
v1.26.4
v1.26.5
v1.26.6
v1.26.7
v1.26.8
v1.26.9
v1.27.0
v1.27.1
v1.27.2
v1.27.3
v1.27.4
v1.27.5
v1.27.6
v1.27.7
v1.28.0
v1.28.1
v1.28.2
v1.28.3

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-5528.json"