Gardener vulnerable to metadata injection for a project secret that can lead to privilege escalation
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.
Problem Types
| Type | CWE ID | Description |
|---|
| CWE | CWE-150 | CWE-150: Improper Neutralization of Escape, Meta, or Control Sequences |
Type: CWE
Description: CWE-150: Improper Neutralization of Escape, Meta, or Control Sequences
Metrics
| Version | Base score | Base severity | Vector |
|---|
| 3.0 | 9.9 | CRITICAL | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Version: 3.0
Base score: 9.9
Base severity: CRITICAL
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H