CVE-2023-3893 (GCVE-0-2023-3893)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-11-03 17:34 – Updated: 2025-02-13 17:02
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Title
Kubernetes - csi-proxy - Insufficient input sanitization leads to privilege escalation
Summary
A security issue was discovered in Kubernetes where a user that can create pods on Windows nodes running kubernetes-csi-proxy may be able to escalate to admin privileges on those nodes. Kubernetes clusters are only affected if they include Windows nodes running kubernetes-csi-proxy.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Kubernetes csi-proxy Affected: v2.0.0-alpha.0
Affected: 0 , ≤ v1.1.2 (semver)
Unaffected: v2.0.0-alpha.1
Unaffected: v1.1.3
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Date Public
2023-08-23 04:00
Credits
James Sturtevant Mark Rossetti
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