CVE-2025-47283: Gardener allows bypassing project secret validation which can lead to privilege escalation

May 19, 2025

A security vulnerability was discovered in Gardener that 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.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-3hw7-qj9h-r835
github.com/gardener/gardener
github.com/gardener/gardener/security/advisories/GHSA-3hw7-qj9h-r835
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-47283

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