Gardener vulnerable to metadata injection for a project secret that can lead to privilege escalation
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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 |
GHSA-9x73-87fh-54w9 | Gardener allows metadata injection for a project secret which can lead to privilege escalation |
No CVSS v4.0
No CVSS v2
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.468% probability within 30 days)
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:gardener:gardener:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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cvssV3_1
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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 | |
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cvssV3_0
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