Privilege Escalation Vulnerability on Kubernetes Windows Nodes

Privilege Escalation Vulnerability on Kubernetes Windows Nodes

CVE-2023-3676 · HIGH Severity

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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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