CVE-2023-3676
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.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 13.2%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 13.16% probability · 96th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- kubernetes/kubernetes
- Source
- jordan@liggitt.net
EPSS 13.2% since 3 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/119339Exploit, Mitigation, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://groups.google.com/g/kubernetes-security-announce/c/d_fvHZ9a5zcThird Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231130-0007/
- https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/119339Exploit, Mitigation, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://groups.google.com/g/kubernetes-security-announce/c/d_fvHZ9a5zcThird Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231130-0007/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.