CVE-2025-47283
CRITICALDescription
Gardener implements the automated management and operation of Kubernetes clusters as a service. A security vulnerability was discovered in Gardener prior to versions 1.116.4, 1.117.5, 1.118.2, and 1.119.0 that 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 no matter of the public cloud provider(s) used for the seed clusters/shoot clusters. `gardener/gardener` (`gardenlet`) is the affected component. Versions 1.116.4, 1.117.5, 1.118.2, and 1.119.0 fix the issue.
CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploit Intelligence
Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 41% of all known CVEs.
References
- https://github.com/gardener/gardener/commit/924b1575aae052bcda5a51fac8594d38fa3c41b0
- https://github.com/gardener/gardener/commit/b89cf2cd5067e82f364063d5241af73650a6e11d
- https://github.com/gardener/gardener/commit/bbd19b1dd3a31843d7b820172d37f75298dfaf8b
- https://github.com/gardener/gardener/commit/cf4e9887d83902216b85609caf563f7a9dd2de00
- https://github.com/gardener/gardener/security/advisories/GHSA-3hw7-qj9h-r835
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