{"id":"CVE-2023-3676","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2023-3676","generatedAt":"2026-11-04T22:43:08.057Z","title":"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.","description":"A security issue was discovered in Kubernetes where a user\n that can create pods on Windows nodes may be able to escalate to admin \nprivileges on those nodes. Kubernetes clusters are only affected if they\n include Windows nodes.","published":"2023-10-31T21:15:09.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T06:14:37.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"jordan@liggitt.net","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-20"],"affected":["kubernetes/kubernetes"],"epss":{"score":0.13156,"percentile":0.96367,"date":"2026-11-03","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/119339","tags":["Exploit","Mitigation","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"jordan@liggitt.net"},{"url":"https://groups.google.com/g/kubernetes-security-announce/c/d_fvHZ9a5zc","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"jordan@liggitt.net"},{"url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231130-0007/","source":"jordan@liggitt.net"},{"url":"https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/119339","tags":["Exploit","Mitigation","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://groups.google.com/g/kubernetes-security-announce/c/d_fvHZ9a5zc","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231130-0007/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-3676","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}