CVE-2023-5528

Published: Nov 14, 2023

Modified: Feb 25, 2026

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

7.2

HIGH

Description

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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
Kubernetes	kubelet	affected `v1.28.0 - <= v1.28.3` affected `v1.27.0 - <= v1.27.7` affected `v1.26.0 - <= v1.26.10` affected `0 - <= v1.25.15` unaffected `v1.28.4` +3 more versions

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-20

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

References

https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/121879

issue-tracking

https://groups.google.com/g/kubernetes-security-announce/c/SL_d4NR8pzA

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CVE-2023-5528

Description

Affected Products

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

References