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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2023-5528: Kubelet: Privilege Escalation

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2023-5528: Kubelet: Privilege Escalation

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
11/14/2023
Created
05/13/2024
Added
05/13/2024
Modified
05/13/2024

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.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-sys-cluster-kubelet

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