Kubernetes privilege escalation vulnerability
High severity
GitHub Reviewed
Published
Oct 31, 2023
to the GitHub Advisory Database
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Updated Nov 10, 2023
Package
Affected versions
= 1.28.0
>= 1.27.0, < 1.27.5
>= 1.26.0, < 1.26.8
>= 1.25.0, < 1.25.13
< 1.24.17
Patched versions
1.28.1
1.27.5
1.26.8
1.25.13
1.24.17
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Oct 31, 2023
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
Oct 31, 2023
Reviewed
Nov 1, 2023
Last updated
Nov 10, 2023
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.
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