What is CVE-2023-1174?

CVE-2023-1174 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Apple macOS, classified under Incorrect Privilege Assignment. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-05-24.

How severe is CVE-2023-1174?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in Apple macOS

CVE-2023-1174

This vulnerability exposes a network port in minikube running on macOS with Docker driver that could enable unexpected remote access to the minikube container.

Published 2023-05-24 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (53.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 53rd percentile — 53.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Apple macOS
Kubernetes Minikube — versions unspecified, 1.26.0, 1.26.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-266 — Incorrect Privilege Assignment

References

groups.google.com/g/kubernetes-security-announce/c/2ZkJFMDTKbM (Mailing List)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-1174?: CVE-2023-1174 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Apple macOS, classified under Incorrect Privilege Assignment. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-05-24.
How severe is CVE-2023-1174?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.