{"id":"CVE-2025-47284","aliases":["EUVD-2025-15744","GHSA-9x73-87fh-54w9","GO-2025-3698","openSUSE-SU-2025:15159-1"],"status":"published","title":"Gardener vulnerable to metadata injection for a project secret that can lead to privilege escalation","description":"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.","severity":{"version":"3.0","score":9.9,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-10","score":0.00468,"percentile":0.40866,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-150"],"published":"2025-05-19T18:52:57Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:31:11Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"Go","package":"github.com/gardener/gardener","fixed_in":["1.116.4","1.117.5","1.118.2"],"sources":["ghsa","osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"Go","package":"github.com/gardener/gardener","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.116.4"}]}]},{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"Go","package":"github.com/gardener/gardener","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"1.117.0"},{"fixed":"1.117.5"}]}]},{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"Go","package":"github.com/gardener/gardener","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"1.118.0"},{"fixed":"1.118.2"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Go","package":"github.com/gardener/gardener","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.116.4"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Go","package":"github.com/gardener/gardener","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"1.117.0"},{"fixed":"1.117.5"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Go","package":"github.com/gardener/gardener","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"1.118.0"},{"fixed":"1.118.2"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Go","package":"github.com/gardener/gardener","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.116.4"},{"introduced":"1.117.0"},{"fixed":"1.117.5"},{"introduced":"1.118.0"},{"fixed":"1.118.2"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"openSUSE:Tumbleweed","package":"govulncheck-vulndb","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.0.20250523T151856-1.1"}]}],"bundled":14}],"products":[{"vendor":"gardener","product":"gardener"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/gardener/gardener/security/advisories/GHSA-9x73-87fh-54w9","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","Third Party Advisory","advisory","web"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-47284","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9x73-87fh-54w9"},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/47xxx/CVE-2025-47284.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/gardener/gardener","tags":["package"]},{"url":"https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/security-announce@lists.opensuse.org/thread/NBVOKYMJCE2HZLSF5W3H3Q7KEHMMOQR3/","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-40120","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-1975","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-2527","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-2570","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-31947","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-3446","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-47282","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-47283","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-47284","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-47290","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-47291","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-48056","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-48069","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-5031","tags":["web"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2025-47284","title":"Gardener vulnerable to metadata injection for a project secret that can lead to privilege escalation","description":"Gardener implements the automated management and operation of Kubernetes clusters as a service. 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