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CVE-2023-5528 High

Kubernetes - Windows nodes - Insufficient input sanitization in in-tree storage plugin leads to privilege escalation

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.

Exploit probability 3.6%
Published November 14, 2023
Required by Not available
Last source change August 12, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

Unknown Unknown

41 explicit affected versions

Go k8s.io/kubernetes
Go k8s.io/kubernetes
Chainguard cluster-autoscaler-1.27
Chainguard cluster-autoscaler-1.27-compat
Wolfi cluster-autoscaler-1.27
Wolfi cluster-autoscaler-1.27-compat
Chainguard cluster-autoscaler-1.28
Chainguard cluster-autoscaler-1.28-compat
Wolfi cluster-autoscaler-1.28
Wolfi cluster-autoscaler-1.28-compat
Chainguard cluster-autoscaler-1.26
Chainguard cluster-autoscaler-1.26-compat
Wolfi cluster-autoscaler-1.26
Wolfi cluster-autoscaler-1.26-compat

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities CVE-2023-5528

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.

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Open Source Vulnerabilities GHSA-hq6q-c2x6-hmch

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.

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Open Source Vulnerabilities GO-2023-2341

Kubernetes Improper Input Validation vulnerability in k8s.io/kubernetes

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05 / REFERENCES

Further evidence