CVE-2025-47284 json
Gardener vulnerable to metadata injection for a project secret that can lead to privilege escalation
published 2025-05-19 17 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2025-15744 , GHSA-9x73-87fh-54w9 , GO-2025-3698
- cvss
- 9.9
- version 3.0, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.5%
- EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 40%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
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.
Patch / fix
- go github.com/gardener/gardener 1.116.4, 1.117.5, 1.118.2
- gardener gardener 1.116.4, 1.117.5, 1.118.2
- govulncheck-vulndb openSUSE Tumbleweed 0.0.20250523T151856-1.1
opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2025:15159-1
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
- Assessed
- 17 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 40% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.0 | 9.9 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| GitHub | 3.0 | 9.9 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 3.1 | 9.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| go | github.com/gardener/gardener | <1.116.4 >=1.117.0, <1.117.5 >=1.118.0, <1.118.2 |
1.116.4 1.117.5 1.118.2 |
Affected products
- gardener gardener
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-150 Improper Neutralization of Escape, Meta, or Control Sequences
References
-
github.com
/gardener/gardener/security/advisories/GHSA-9x73-87fh-54w9
web, third-party-advisory, advisory
-
nvd.nist.gov
/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-47284
advisory
-
github.com
/gardener/gardener
package
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2025-47284
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-9x73-87fh-54w9
- NVD CVE-2025-47284
- OSV GO-2025-3698
Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.
CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.