CVE-2023-1944
[minikube] ssh server with default password
This vulnerability enables ssh access to minikube container using a default password.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
[minikube] ssh server with default password
This vulnerability enables ssh access to minikube container using a default password.
- Record
CVE-2023-1944- CVSS 3.1
- 8.4 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-259
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-24130
This vulnerability enables ssh access to minikube container using a default password.
- Record
EUVD-2023-24130- CVSS 3.1
- 8.4 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-88g7-jhqx-q9gp
This vulnerability enables ssh access to minikube container using a default password.
This vulnerability enables ssh access to minikube container using a default password.
- Record
GHSA-88g7-jhqx-q9gp- CVSS 3.1
- 8.4 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-259, CWE-798
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
This vulnerability enables ssh access to minikube container using a default password.
- Record
CVE-2023-1944- CVSS 3.1
- 8.4 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-259, CWE-798
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
[minikube] ssh server with default password
This vulnerability enables ssh access to minikube container using a default password.
- Record
CVE-2023-1944- CVSS 3.1
- 8.4 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-259
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-1944 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.4) in Kubernetes Minikube, published May 24, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.21%, the 11th percentile. No source names a fixed version.