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.
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
41 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
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.
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.
Kubernetes Improper Input Validation vulnerability in k8s.io/kubernetes
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/5xxx/CVE-2023-5528.json
- https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes
- https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/121879
- https://groups.google.com/g/kubernetes-security-announce/c/SL_d4NR8pzA
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/3JH444PWZBINXLLFV7XLIJIZJHSK6UEZ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/4XZIX727JIKF5RQW7RVVBLWXBCDIBJA7/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/7MPGMITSZXUCAVO7Q75675SOLXC2XXU4/
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5528
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240119-0009/
- https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121881
- https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121882
- https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121883
- https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121884
- https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/121885
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/3JH444PWZBINXLLFV7XLIJIZJHSK6UEZ
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/4XZIX727JIKF5RQW7RVVBLWXBCDIBJA7
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/7MPGMITSZXUCAVO7Q75675SOLXC2XXU4
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240119-0009
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hq6q-c2x6-hmch