CVE-2023-5528

highpriority · track · 36EPSS 0.041 · 91 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

4.09% (91st) EPSS

CVSS 8.8 · high

Is it mine?

36 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

6 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

A security issue was discovered in Kubernetes where a user that can create pods and persistent volumes on Windows nodes may be able to escalate to admin privileges on those nodes. Kubernetes clusters are only affected if they are using an in-tree storage plugin for Windows nodes.

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:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.2highAV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.17.2highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.17.2highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · jordan@liggitt.netexploitability 1.2 · impact 5.9

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · OSV

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

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-20USCWE-20USCWE-20US

affected products (36)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Fedora Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:-
Gentoo Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:gentoo:linux:-
Red Hat Enterprise Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:-
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.11all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:redhat:openshift:container_platform_4.11
Kubernetes kubelet≤ v1.28.0 ≤v1.28.3enisa_euvdEU
Kubernetes kubelet≤ v1.27.0 ≤v1.27.7enisa_euvdEU
Kubernetes kubelet≤ v1.26.0 ≤v1.26.10enisa_euvdEU
Kubernetes kubelet≤ 0 ≤v1.25.15enisa_euvdEU
Kubernetes kubelet< v1.25.16enisa_euvdEU
Kubernetes kubelet< v1.26.11enisa_euvdEU
Kubernetes kubelet< v1.27.8enisa_euvdEU
Kubernetes kubelet< v1.28.4enisa_euvdEU
Google Inc Kubernetes1.25 → 1.25.16fstec_bduRU
Google Inc Kubernetes1.26 → 1.26.11fstec_bduRU
Google Inc Kubernetes1.27 → 1.27.8fstec_bduRU
Google Inc Kubernetes1.28 → 1.28.4fstec_bduRU
АО «НТЦ ИТ РОСА» РОСА ХРОМ≤ 12.4fstec_bduRU
fedoraproject fedora= 37nvdUScpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora= 38nvdUScpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora= 39nvdUScpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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advisories (5)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-2925Kubernetes: Schwachstelle ermöglicht PrivilegieneskalationDeutsch2023-11-14csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, authentisierter Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in Kubernetes ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen.
GHSA-hq6q-c2x6-hmchKubernetes Improper Input Validation vulnerability2023-11-14ghsa · osvUS
A security issue was discovered in Kubernetes where a user that can create pods and persistent volumes on Windows nodes may be able to escalate to admin privileges on those nodes. Kubernetes clusters are only affected if they are using an in-tree storage plugin for Windows nodes.
CGA-jjp6-8v8f-pmfv2024-06-06vendor · osvUS
CGA-v7c3-v7v4-rccr2024-06-06vendor · osvUS
GO-2023-2341Kubernetes Improper Input Validation vulnerability in k8s.io/kubernetes2024-08-21vendor · osvUS
Kubernetes Improper Input Validation vulnerability in k8s.io/kubernetes

also known as (9)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu osv cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2023-11-14modified 2026-06-17

references (13)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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