GHSA-227x-7mh8-3cf6

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-227x-7mh8-3cf6
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2025/09/GHSA-227x-7mh8-3cf6/GHSA-227x-7mh8-3cf6.json
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https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-227x-7mh8-3cf6
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Published
2025-09-25T16:39:16Z
Modified
2025-10-23T20:12:12Z
Severity
  • 9.9 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
Gardener provider extensions vulnerable to code injection when Terraform is used for infrastructure provisioning
Details

Impact

A security vulnerability was discovered in Gardener when Terraformer is used for infrastructure provisioning. 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 CVE affects all Gardener installations where Terraformer is used/can be enabled for infrastructure provisioning with any of the affected components mentioned below.

Affected Components

• gardener-extension-provider-gcp • gardener-extension-provider-azure • gardener-extension-provider-openstack • gardener-extension-provider-aws

Affected Versions

• gardener-extension-provider-gcp < v1.46.0 • gardener-extension-provider-azure < v1.55.0 • gardener-extension-provider-openstack < v1.49.0 • gardener-extension-provider-aws < v1.64.0

Fixed versions

• gardener-extension-provider-gcp >= v1.46.0 • gardener-extension-provider-azure >= v1.55.0 • gardener-extension-provider-openstack >= v1.49.0 • gardener-extension-provider-aws >= v1.64.0

How do I mitigate this vulnerability?

Update to a fixed version.

Database specific
{
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-09-25T15:16:13Z",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-20",
        "CWE-94"
    ],
    "severity": "CRITICAL",
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2025-09-25T16:39:16Z"
}
References

Affected packages

Go

github.com/gardener/gardener-extension-provider-aws

Package

Name
github.com/gardener/gardener-extension-provider-aws
View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl
pkg:golang/github.com/gardener/gardener-extension-provider-aws

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.64.0

github.com/gardener/gardener-extension-provider-gcp

Package

Name
github.com/gardener/gardener-extension-provider-gcp
View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl
pkg:golang/github.com/gardener/gardener-extension-provider-gcp

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.46.0

github.com/gardener/gardener-extension-provider-azure

Package

Name
github.com/gardener/gardener-extension-provider-azure
View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl
pkg:golang/github.com/gardener/gardener-extension-provider-azure

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.55.0

github.com/gardener/gardener-extension-provider-openstack

Package

Name
github.com/gardener/gardener-extension-provider-openstack
View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl
pkg:golang/github.com/gardener/gardener-extension-provider-openstack

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.49.0