CVE-2025-59823
September 25, 2025
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 Packages
github.com/gardener/gardener-extension-provider-gcp (GO):
Affected version(s) >=v1.3.0 <v1.46.0Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v1.46.0github.com/gardener/gardener-extension-provider-azure (GO):
Affected version(s) >=v1.3.0 <v1.55.0Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v1.55.0github.com/gardener/gardener-extension-provider-aws (GO):
Affected version(s) >=v1.3.0 <v1.64.0Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v1.64.0github.com/gardener/gardener-extension-provider-azure (GO):
Affected version(s) >=v1.3.0 <v1.55.0Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v1.55.0github.com/gardener/gardener-extension-provider-azure (GO):
Affected version(s) >=v1.3.0 <v1.55.0Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v1.55.0github.com/gardener/gardener-extension-provider-openstack (GO):
Affected version(s) >=v1.3.0 <v1.49.0Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v1.49.0github.com/gardener/gardener-extension-provider-gcp (GO):
Affected version(s) >=v1.3.0 <v1.46.0Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v1.46.0github.com/gardener/gardener-extension-provider-azure (GO):
Affected version(s) >=v1.3.0 <v1.55.0Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v1.55.0github.com/gardener/gardener-extension-provider-azure (GO):
Affected version(s) >=v1.3.0 <v1.55.0Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v1.55.0github.com/gardener/gardener-extension-provider-gcp (GO):
Affected version(s) >=v1.3.0 <v1.46.0Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v1.46.0github.com/gardener/gardener-extension-provider-gcp (GO):
Affected version(s) >=v1.3.0 <v1.46.0Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v1.46.0github.com/gardener/gardener-extension-provider-azure (GO):
Affected version(s) >=v1.3.0 <v1.55.0Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v1.55.0github.com/gardener/gardener-extension-provider-aws (GO):
Affected version(s) >=v1.3.0 <v1.64.0Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v1.64.0github.com/gardener/gardener-extension-provider-azure (GO):
Affected version(s) >=v1.3.0 <v1.55.0Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v1.55.0github.com/gardener/gardener-extension-provider-openstack (GO):
Affected version(s) >=v1.3.0 <v1.49.0Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v1.49.0github.com/gardener/gardener-extension-provider-openstack (GO):
Affected version(s) >=v1.3.0 <v1.49.0Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v1.49.0github.com/gardener/gardener-extension-provider-azure (GO):
Affected version(s) >=v1.3.0 <v1.55.0Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v1.55.0Related Resources (12)
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
9.4
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
HIGH
Subsequent System Integrity
HIGH
Subsequent System Availability
HIGH
CVSS v3
Base Score:
9.9
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
EPSS
Base Score:
0.13