Paper/Archive/CVE-2025-59823

CVE-2025-59823

gardener gardener-extension-provider-aws — Gardener providers vulnerable to code injection when Terraformer is used for infrastructure provisioning

Description · from the CVE record

Project Gardener implements the automated management and operation of Kubernetes clusters as a service. Code injection may be possible in Gardener Extensions for AWS providers prior to version 1.64.0, Azure providers prior to version 1.55.0, OpenStack providers prior to version 1.49.0, and GCP providers prior to version 1.46.0. This vulnerability could allow a user with administrative privileges for a Gardener project to obtain control over the seed cluster where the shoot cluster is managed. This affects all Gardener installations where Terraformer is used/can be enabled for infrastructure provisioning with any of the affected components. This issue has been patched in Gardener Extensions for AWS providers version 1.64.0, Azure providers version 1.55.0, OpenStack providers version 1.49.0, and GCP providers version 1.46.0.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
gardener-extension-provider-aws< 1.64.0–CNA
gardener-extension-provider-aws< 1.55.0–CNA
gardener-extension-provider-aws< 1.49.0–CNA
gardener-extension-provider-aws< 1.46.0–CNA

Scores by source

GitHub_M (CNA)9.9CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

References

refgithub.com/gardener/gardener-extension-provider-aws/security/advisories/GHSA-227x-7mh8-3cf6refgithub.com/gardener/gardener-extension-provider-aws/releases/tag/v1.64.0refgithub.com/gardener/gardener-extension-provider-azure/releases/tag/v1.55.0refgithub.com/gardener/gardener-extension-provider-gcp/releases/tag/v1.46.0refgithub.com/gardener/gardener-extension-provider-openstack/releases/tag/v1.49.0