Description
Gardener implements the automated management and operation of Kubernetes clusters as a service. A security vulnerability was discovered in the `gardenlet` component of Gardener prior to versions 1.116.4, 1.117.5, 1.118.2, and 1.119.0. It could allow a user with administrative privileges for a Gardener project to obtain control over the seed cluster(s) where their shoot clusters are managed. This CVE affects all Gardener installations where gardener/gardener-extension-provider-gcp is in use. Versions 1.116.4, 1.117.5, 1.118.2, and 1.119.0 fix the issue.
Published: 2025-05-19
Score: 9.9 Critical
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-15744 Gardener implements the automated management and operation of Kubernetes clusters as a service. A security vulnerability was discovered in the `gardenlet` component of Gardener prior to versions 1.116.4, 1.117.5, 1.118.2, and 1.119.0. It could allow a user with administrative privileges for a Gardener project to obtain control over the seed cluster(s) where their shoot clusters are managed. This CVE affects all Gardener installations where gardener/gardener-extension-provider-gcp is in use. Versions 1.116.4, 1.117.5, 1.118.2, and 1.119.0 fix the issue.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-9x73-87fh-54w9 Gardener allows metadata injection for a project secret which can lead to privilege escalation
History

Thu, 04 Sep 2025 18:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:gardener:gardener:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


Tue, 20 May 2025 14:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Mon, 19 May 2025 19:00:00 +0000

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Description Gardener implements the automated management and operation of Kubernetes clusters as a service. A security vulnerability was discovered in the `gardenlet` component of Gardener prior to versions 1.116.4, 1.117.5, 1.118.2, and 1.119.0. It could allow a user with administrative privileges for a Gardener project to obtain control over the seed cluster(s) where their shoot clusters are managed. This CVE affects all Gardener installations where gardener/gardener-extension-provider-gcp is in use. Versions 1.116.4, 1.117.5, 1.118.2, and 1.119.0 fix the issue.
Title Gardener vulnerable to metadata injection for a project secret that can lead to privilege escalation
Weaknesses CWE-150
References
Metrics cvssV3_0

{'score': 9.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


Subscriptions

Gardener Gardener
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2025-05-20T13:03:34.493Z

Reserved: 2025-05-05T16:53:10.373Z

Link: CVE-2025-47284

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-05-20T13:03:31.593Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-05-19T19:15:51.870

Modified: 2025-09-04T18:38:28.530

Link: CVE-2025-47284

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-06-23T19:31:58Z

Weaknesses