kOps privilege escalation vulnerability

HIGH 8.8CVE-2023-1943 · GHSA-8gwj-m6vh-2g6j · GO-2023-2125 · Published 12/10/2023 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2023-1943 is a HIGH (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability affecting k8s.io/kops, operations (kubernetes).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.58%, higher than 48.0% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 1.26.2, 1.25.4 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
k8s.io/kops Go	`≥ 1.26.0, < 1.26.2< 1.25.4`	`1.26.21.25.4`
operations kubernetes	`≥ 1.26.0, < 1.26.2< 1.25.4`	`1.26.21.25.4`

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

NVD description

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

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