CVE-2025-47283

critical

Description

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.

References

https://github.com/gardener/gardener/security/advisories/GHSA-3hw7-qj9h-r835

https://github.com/gardener/gardener/commit/cf4e9887d83902216b85609caf563f7a9dd2de00

https://github.com/gardener/gardener/commit/bbd19b1dd3a31843d7b820172d37f75298dfaf8b

https://github.com/gardener/gardener/commit/b89cf2cd5067e82f364063d5241af73650a6e11d

https://github.com/gardener/gardener/commit/924b1575aae052bcda5a51fac8594d38fa3c41b0

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-05-19

Updated: 2026-02-06

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.9

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00092