CVE-2023-3676

unknown
Published 2023-10-31 · Modified 2026-02-04
CVSS v3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
VIR risk

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-3676

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed1.20.5+really1.20.2-1
debian debianbullseyefixed1.20.5+really1.20.2-1
debian debianforkyfixed1.20.5+really1.20.2-1
debian debiansidfixed1.20.5+really1.20.2-1
debian debiantrixiefixed1.20.5+really1.20.2-1

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
golang Gok8s.io/kubernetes>=1.28.0,<1.28.11.28.1
golang Gok8s.io/kubernetes>=1.27.0,<1.27.51.27.5
golang Gok8s.io/kubernetes>=1.26.0,<1.26.81.26.8
golang Gok8s.io/kubernetes>=1.25.0,<1.25.131.25.13
golang Gok8s.io/kubernetes<1.24.171.24.17

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.