CVE-2023-1943

highpriority · track · 35EPSS 0.006 · 48 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.58% (48th) EPSS

CVSS 8.8 · high

Is it mine?

8 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

6 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Privilege Escalation in kOps using GCE/GCP Provider in Gossip Mode.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

8.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 5.9

v3.18highAV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.18highCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.18highCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · jordan@liggitt.netexploitability 2.1 · impact 5.9

v3.18highCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · OSV

v3.18.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-250USCWE-250USCWE-275US

affected products (8)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Kubernetes kops0 → 1.25.3enisa_euvdEU
Kubernetes kops1.26.0 → 1.26.2enisa_euvdEU
Google Inc Kubernetes≤ 1.25.4fstec_bduRU
Google Inc Kubernetes1.26.0 → 1.26.1fstec_bduRU
kubernetes operations< 1.25.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:operations:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kubernetes operations1.26.0 → 1.26.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:kubernetes:operations:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Go k8s.io/kops< 1.25.4osvUSpkg:golang/k8s.io/kops
Go k8s.io/kops1.26.0 → 1.26.2osvUSpkg:golang/k8s.io/kops

advisories (3)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-1536Kubernetes: Schwachstelle ermöglicht PrivilegieneskalationDeutsch2023-06-21csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in Kubernetes ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen.
GHSA-8gwj-m6vh-2g6jkOps privilege escalation vulnerability2023-10-12ghsa · osvUS
Privilege Escalation in kOps using GCE/GCP Provider in Gossip Mode.
GO-2023-2125kOps privilege escalation vulnerability in k8s.io/kops2024-08-21vendor · osvUS
kOps privilege escalation vulnerability in k8s.io/kops

also known as (6)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu osv nvd cert_bund NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2023-10-12modified 2026-06-17

references (9)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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