{"id":"CVE-2023-3676","aliases":["GHSA-7fxm-f474-hf8w","GO-2023-2330"],"title":"Kubernetes privilege escalation vulnerability","summary":"Kubernetes privilege escalation vulnerability","severity":"high","cvss":8.8,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","vendor":"kubernetes","product":"k8s.io/kubernetes","ecosystem":"go","affected":["k8s.io/kubernetes >= 1.28.0, < 1.28.1","k8s.io/kubernetes >= 1.27.0, < 1.27.5","k8s.io/kubernetes >= 1.26.0, < 1.26.8","k8s.io/kubernetes >= 1.25.0, < 1.25.13","k8s.io/kubernetes < 1.24.17"],"patched":["k8s.io/kubernetes 1.28.1","k8s.io/kubernetes 1.27.5","k8s.io/kubernetes 1.26.8","k8s.io/kubernetes 1.25.13","k8s.io/kubernetes 1.24.17"],"published":"2023-10-31","updated":"2026-09-10","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-10T03:49:58.570245967Z","source":"OSV","sourceUrl":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-7fxm-f474-hf8w","references":[{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-3676"},{"url":"https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/119339"},{"url":"https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120127"},{"url":"https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120129"},{"url":"https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120130"},{"url":"https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120131"},{"url":"https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120132"},{"url":"https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/120133"},{"url":"https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/commit/073f9ea33a93ddaecdc2e829150fb715f6387399"},{"url":"https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/commit/39cc101c7855341c651a943b9836b50fbace8a6b"},{"url":"https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/commit/74b617310c24ca84c2ec90c3858af745d65b5226"},{"url":"https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/commit/890483394221c8f22e88c48f86cd4eaf4de65fd6"},{"url":"https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/commit/a53faf5e17ed0b0771a605c6401ba4cbf297b59a"},{"url":"https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes"},{"url":"https://groups.google.com/g/kubernetes-security-announce/c/d_fvHZ9a5zc"},{"url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231130-0007"}],"tags":["osv","go"],"epss":0.13156,"epssPercentile":0.96185,"ingestedAt":"2026-09-12T03:13:01.763Z","slug":"CVE-2023-3676","body":"## Overview\n\nA 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.\n\n## Affected packages\n\n- `k8s.io/kubernetes >= 1.28.0, < 1.28.1`\n- `k8s.io/kubernetes >= 1.27.0, < 1.27.5`\n- `k8s.io/kubernetes >= 1.26.0, < 1.26.8`\n- `k8s.io/kubernetes >= 1.25.0, < 1.25.13`\n- `k8s.io/kubernetes < 1.24.17`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade to a patched release:\n\n- `k8s.io/kubernetes 1.28.1`\n- `k8s.io/kubernetes 1.27.5`\n- `k8s.io/kubernetes 1.26.8`\n- `k8s.io/kubernetes 1.25.13`\n- `k8s.io/kubernetes 1.24.17`","depth":"twilight","depthScore":51,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":48.4,"likelihood":2.6,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}