High
Kubernetes - Windows nodes - Insufficient input sanitization leads to privilege escalation
Type: advisorySources: OSV
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.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2023-3676
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 4 Nov 2026, 02:34 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Kubernetes - Windows nodes - Insufficient input sanitization leads to privilege escalation
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 31 Oct 2023, 20:22 UTC
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.
osv:CVE-2023-3676
Complete source record
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