CVE-2023-3676

PoC —

CVSS 3.1

8.8 high

EPSS

13%p96

Published

Oct 31, 2023 (Oct 31, 2023)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Vendors: kubernetes
Products: kubernetes
Weakness: CWE-20
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (13.2%)

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