Kubernetes fixes 1 vulnerability

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[TLP:CLEAR] Kubernetes fixes 1 vulnerability

Kubernetes versions 1.28.4, 1.27.8, 1.26.11 and 1.25.16 fix 1 vulnerability.

Kubernetes - RCE (CVE-2023-5528)

CVSS 7.2 (High)

An authenticated remote attacker with permissions to create pods and persistent volumes on Windows nodes can execute commands with administrator privileges. The vulnerability affects only Windows systems that use the in-tree storage plugin. Whether the system contains (potentially vulnerable) Windows Kubernetes nodes can be verified with the command "kubectl get nodes -l kubernetes.io/os=windows" [1][2].

The vulnerability is present in product:

Kubernetes; >=1.28.0, <1.28.4; >=1.27.0, <1.27.8; >=1.26.0, <1.26.11; >=1.8.0, <1.25.16

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

More information:

CVE-2023-5528 at cve.org, NVD
CWE-20 at cwe.mitre.org

The vulnerability was publicly disclosed 13. 3. 2024.

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By CESNET, z.s.p.o. Martin Krajči on 18. 3. 2024.

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[TLP:CLEAR] Kubernetes fixes 1 vulnerability

Kubernetes - RCE (CVE-2023-5528)

CVSS 7.2 (High)

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