Vulnerability GHSA-3hw7-qj9h-r835

Critical
CRITICAL RISK
CVSS Score: 9.9
Score Range: 9.0–10.0
Critical severity vulnerabilities (CVSS 9.0–10.0). These represent the highest impact issues.
1 year ago
May 19, 2025 at 07:15 PM UTC
Gardener allows bypassing project secret validation which can lead to privilege escalation
v0.32.0 - v1.116.3 and v1.117.0 - v1.117.4 and v1.118.0 - v1.118.1
v0.32.0 - v1.116.3 and v1.117.0 - v1.117.4 and v1.118.0 - v1.118.1

Summary

Gardener allows bypassing project secret validation which can lead to privilege escalation

Details

A security vulnerability was discovered in Gardener 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.

Am I Vulnerable?

This CVE affects all Gardener installations no matter of the public cloud provider(s) used for the seed clusters/shoot clusters.

Affected Components

  • gardener/gardener

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.

Timeline

Published
1 year ago
May 19, 2025 at 07:15 PM UTC
Last Modified
7 months ago
February 06, 2026 at 08:16 PM UTC