ghsa-9x73-87fh-54w9
Vulnerability from github
Published
2025-05-19 21:09
Modified
2025-05-19 21:48
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 allows metadata injection for a project secret which can lead to privilege escalation
Details

A security vulnerability was discovered in the gardenlet component of Gardener. 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.

Am I Vulnerable?

This CVE affects all Gardener installations where https://github.com/gardener/gardener-extension-provider-gcp is in use.

Affected Components

  • gardener/gardener (gardenlet)

Affected Versions

  • < v1.116.4
  • < v1.117.5
  • < v1.118.2
  • < v1.119.0

Fixed Versions

  • >= v1.116.4
  • >= v1.117.5
  • >= v1.118.2
  • >= v1.119.0

How do I mitigate this vulnerability?

Update to a fixed version.

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  "aliases": [
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    "cwe_ids": [
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    "nvd_published_at": "2025-05-19T19:15:51Z",
    "severity": "CRITICAL"
  },
  "details": "A security vulnerability was discovered in the `gardenlet` component of Gardener. 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.\n\n### Am I Vulnerable?\n\nThis CVE affects all Gardener installations where https://github.com/gardener/gardener-extension-provider-gcp is in use.\n\n### Affected Components\n\n- `gardener/gardener` (`gardenlet`)\n\n### Affected Versions\n\n- \u003c v1.116.4\n- \u003c v1.117.5\n- \u003c v1.118.2\n- \u003c v1.119.0\n\n### Fixed Versions\n\n- \u0026gt;= v1.116.4\n- \u0026gt;= v1.117.5\n- \u0026gt;= v1.118.2\n- \u0026gt;= v1.119.0\n\n### How do I mitigate this vulnerability?\n\nUpdate to a fixed version.",
  "id": "GHSA-9x73-87fh-54w9",
  "modified": "2025-05-19T21:48:48Z",
  "published": "2025-05-19T21:09:32Z",
  "references": [
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      "type": "WEB",
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
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      "type": "PACKAGE",
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  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
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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 allows metadata injection for a project secret which can lead to privilege escalation"
}


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