ghsa-227x-7mh8-3cf6
Vulnerability from github
Published
2025-09-25 16:39
Modified
2025-09-26 17:37
Severity ?
9.9 (Critical) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Gardener provider extensions vulnerable to code injection when Terraform is used for infrastructure provisioning
Details

Impact

A security vulnerability was discovered in Gardener when Terraformer is used for infrastructure provisioning. This vulnerability could allow a user with administrative privileges for a Gardener project to obtain control over the seed cluster where the shoot cluster is managed.

This CVE affects all Gardener installations where Terraformer is used/can be enabled for infrastructure provisioning with any of the affected components mentioned below.

Affected Components

• gardener-extension-provider-gcp • gardener-extension-provider-azure • gardener-extension-provider-openstack • gardener-extension-provider-aws

Affected Versions

• gardener-extension-provider-gcp < v1.46.0 • gardener-extension-provider-azure < v1.55.0 • gardener-extension-provider-openstack < v1.49.0 • gardener-extension-provider-aws < v1.64.0

Fixed versions

• gardener-extension-provider-gcp >= v1.46.0 • gardener-extension-provider-azure >= v1.55.0 • gardener-extension-provider-openstack >= v1.49.0 • gardener-extension-provider-aws >= v1.64.0

How do I mitigate this vulnerability?

Update to a fixed version.

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  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
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        "name": "github.com/gardener/gardener-extension-provider-aws"
      },
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  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-59823"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-20",
      "CWE-94"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2025-09-25T16:39:16Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-09-25T15:16:13Z",
    "severity": "CRITICAL"
  },
  "details": "### Impact\n\nA security vulnerability was discovered in Gardener when [Terraformer](https://github.com/gardener/terraformer) is used for infrastructure provisioning. This vulnerability could allow a user with administrative privileges for a Gardener project to obtain control over the seed cluster where the shoot cluster is managed.\n\nThis CVE affects all Gardener installations where [Terraformer](https://github.com/gardener/terraformer) is used/can be enabled for infrastructure provisioning with any of the affected components mentioned below.\n\n### Affected Components\n\u2022 gardener-extension-provider-gcp\n\u2022 gardener-extension-provider-azure\n\u2022 gardener-extension-provider-openstack\n\u2022 gardener-extension-provider-aws\n\n### Affected Versions\n\u2022 gardener-extension-provider-gcp \u003c v1.46.0\n\u2022 gardener-extension-provider-azure \u003c v1.55.0\n\u2022 gardener-extension-provider-openstack \u003c v1.49.0\n\u2022 gardener-extension-provider-aws \u003c v1.64.0\n\n### Fixed versions\n\u2022 gardener-extension-provider-gcp \u003e= v1.46.0\n\u2022 gardener-extension-provider-azure \u003e= v1.55.0\n\u2022 gardener-extension-provider-openstack \u003e= v1.49.0\n\u2022 gardener-extension-provider-aws \u003e= v1.64.0\n\n### How do I mitigate this vulnerability?\nUpdate to a fixed version.",
  "id": "GHSA-227x-7mh8-3cf6",
  "modified": "2025-09-26T17:37:50Z",
  "published": "2025-09-25T16:39:16Z",
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      "url": "https://github.com/gardener/gardener-extension-provider-aws/security/advisories/GHSA-227x-7mh8-3cf6"
    },
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-59823"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/gardener/gardener-extension-provider-aws/commit/cb5045fc146248296994804bbfe27bd896938bf2"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/gardener/gardener-extension-provider-openstack/commit/2ed6f0fe1be90fbef5d6093eb0b8325c8421b8d8"
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      "type": "PACKAGE",
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      "type": "WEB",
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      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Gardener provider extensions vulnerable to code injection when Terraform is used for infrastructure provisioning"
}


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