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Improper Input Validation

CVE-2023-3676

High
8.8/10

Summary

A security issue was discovered in Kubernetes where a user that can create pods on Windows nodes may be able to escalate to admin privileges on those nodes. Kubernetes clusters are only affected if they include Windows nodes. This issue affects k8s.io/kubernetes versions prior to 1.24.17, 1.25.x prior to 1.25.13, 1.26.x prior to 1.26.8, 1.27.x prior to 1.27.5, and 1.28.x prior to 1.28.1.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation

The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published