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CVE-2025-47284 Critical

Gardener allows metadata injection for a project secret which can lead to privilege escalation in github.com/gardener/gardener

Gardener allows metadata injection for a project secret which can lead to privilege escalation in github.com/gardener/gardener

Exploit probability 0.4%
Published May 23, 2025
Required by Not available
Last source change March 3, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

Unknown Unknown

119 explicit affected versions

Go github.com/gardener/gardener
Go github.com/gardener/gardener

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities GO-2025-3698

Gardener allows metadata injection for a project secret which can lead to privilege escalation in github.com/gardener/gardener

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Open Source Vulnerabilities GHSA-9x73-87fh-54w9

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 - &gt;= v1.116.4 - &gt;= v1.117.5 - &gt;= v1.118.2 - &gt;= v1.119.0 ### How do I mitigate this vulnerability? Update to a fixed version.

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Open Source Vulnerabilities CVE-2025-47284

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.

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05 / REFERENCES

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