GHSA-3hw7-qj9h-r835

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3hw7-qj9h-r835
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2025/05/GHSA-3hw7-qj9h-r835/GHSA-3hw7-qj9h-r835.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-3hw7-qj9h-r835
Aliases
Published
2025-05-19T19:15:03Z
Modified
2025-05-23T16:13:19.507199Z
Severity
  • 9.9 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
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.

Database specific
{
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-05-19T19:15:51Z",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-20",
        "CWE-269"
    ],
    "severity": "CRITICAL",
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2025-05-19T19:15:03Z"
}
References

Affected packages

Go / github.com/gardener/gardener

Package

Name
github.com/gardener/gardener
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Purl
pkg:golang/github.com/gardener/gardener

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.116.4

Go / github.com/gardener/gardener

Package

Name
github.com/gardener/gardener
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Purl
pkg:golang/github.com/gardener/gardener

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
1.117.0
Fixed
1.117.5

Go / github.com/gardener/gardener

Package

Name
github.com/gardener/gardener
View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl
pkg:golang/github.com/gardener/gardener

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
1.118.0
Fixed
1.118.2