CVE-2023-5528
A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.
- Published2023-11-14
- Fixed in1.28.4 · 1.27.8 · 1.26.11 · 1.25.16
- WeaknessCWE-20
Am I affected?
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Description
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.
Timeline
dates in UTC- 2023-11-1421:15CVE publishedNVD
Observed activity
isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 18:48 UTCBlock these indicators
- Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2023-5528?format=txt
- CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2023-5528?format=csv
- TAXII collection of exploited CVEs
- The EDL and CSV take an API key on the Pro plan.
Versions per branch
NVD| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.28 | ≥ 1.28.0, < 1.28.4 | 1.28.4 | NVD |
| 1.27 | ≥ 1.27.0, < 1.27.8 | 1.27.8 | NVD |
| 1.26 | ≥ 1.26.0, < 1.26.11 | 1.26.11 | NVD |
| 1.x | ≥ 1.8.0, < 1.25.16 | 1.25.16 | NVD |
| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 37.x | = 37 | no fix published | NVD |
| 38.x | = 38 | no fix published | NVD |
| 39.x | = 39 | no fix published | NVD |
as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.
Distribution builds and vendor advisories
Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.
version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.
Vendor advisories
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat OpenShift for Windows Containers 10.15.0 security update
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat OpenShift for Windows Containers 7.2.0 security update
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat OpenShift for Windows Containers 6.0.3 security update
Fix
- Update Kubernetes to 1.28.4 · 1.27.8 · 1.26.11 · 1.25.16
- Vendor fix Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2024:0954 · 2 productsFor Windows Machine Config Operator upgrades, see the following documentation: https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/latest/windows_containers/windows-node-upgrades.html
Advisories and patches
- github.comPatch
- lists.fedoraproject.orgPatch · Release Notes
- lists.fedoraproject.orgPatch · Release Notes
- lists.fedoraproject.orgPatch · Release Notes
Detection
- Nuclei template
- none so far ProjectDiscovery
- Exploit-DB
- no entry Exploit-DB
- Proof-of-concept repositories
- none listed PoC-in-GitHub
Sources
Technical details
- CVSS v3 Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Published
- 2023-11-14
- Last Modified
- 2026-06-17
- NVD status
- Analyzed
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