{"id":"GHSA-227x-7mh8-3cf6","summary":"Gardener provider extensions vulnerable to code injection when Terraform is used for infrastructure provisioning","details":"### Impact\n\nA security vulnerability was discovered in Gardener when [Terraformer](https://github.com/gardener/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.\n\nThis CVE affects all Gardener installations where [Terraformer](https://github.com/gardener/terraformer) is used/can be enabled for infrastructure provisioning with any of the affected components mentioned below.\n\n### Affected Components\n• gardener-extension-provider-gcp\n• gardener-extension-provider-azure\n• gardener-extension-provider-openstack\n• gardener-extension-provider-aws\n\n### Affected Versions\n• gardener-extension-provider-gcp \u003c v1.46.0\n• gardener-extension-provider-azure \u003c v1.55.0\n• gardener-extension-provider-openstack \u003c v1.49.0\n• gardener-extension-provider-aws \u003c v1.64.0\n\n### Fixed versions\n• gardener-extension-provider-gcp \u003e= v1.46.0\n• gardener-extension-provider-azure \u003e= v1.55.0\n• gardener-extension-provider-openstack \u003e= v1.49.0\n• gardener-extension-provider-aws \u003e= v1.64.0\n\n### How do I mitigate this vulnerability?\nUpdate to a fixed version.","aliases":["CVE-2025-59823","GO-2025-3981"],"modified":"2025-10-23T20:12:12Z","published":"2025-09-25T16:39:16Z","database_specific":{"severity":"CRITICAL","github_reviewed":true,"github_reviewed_at":"2025-09-25T16:39:16Z","nvd_published_at":"2025-09-25T15:16:13Z","cwe_ids":["CWE-20","CWE-94"]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/gardener/gardener-extension-provider-aws/security/advisories/GHSA-227x-7mh8-3cf6"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-59823"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/gardener/gardener-extension-provider-aws/commit/cb5045fc146248296994804bbfe27bd896938bf2"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/gardener/gardener-extension-provider-azure/commit/4573a4404969f89781ed6cf72e90554bc6ae2020"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/gardener/gardener-extension-provider-gcp/commit/51111b4f60c33c60dfdf18b1fc50f7ec8d8f70ac"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/gardener/gardener-extension-provider-openstack/commit/2ed6f0fe1be90fbef5d6093eb0b8325c8421b8d8"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/gardener/gardener-extension-provider-aws"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/gardener/gardener-extension-provider-aws/releases/tag/v1.64.0"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/gardener/gardener-extension-provider-azure/releases/tag/v1.55.0"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/gardener/gardener-extension-provider-gcp/releases/tag/v1.46.0"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/gardener/gardener-extension-provider-openstack/releases/tag/v1.49.0"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2025-3981"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"github.com/gardener/gardener-extension-provider-aws","ecosystem":"Go","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/gardener/gardener-extension-provider-aws"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.64.0"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2025/09/GHSA-227x-7mh8-3cf6/GHSA-227x-7mh8-3cf6.json"}},{"package":{"name":"github.com/gardener/gardener-extension-provider-gcp","ecosystem":"Go","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/gardener/gardener-extension-provider-gcp"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.46.0"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2025/09/GHSA-227x-7mh8-3cf6/GHSA-227x-7mh8-3cf6.json"}},{"package":{"name":"github.com/gardener/gardener-extension-provider-azure","ecosystem":"Go","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/gardener/gardener-extension-provider-azure"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.55.0"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2025/09/GHSA-227x-7mh8-3cf6/GHSA-227x-7mh8-3cf6.json"}},{"package":{"name":"github.com/gardener/gardener-extension-provider-openstack","ecosystem":"Go","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/gardener/gardener-extension-provider-openstack"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.49.0"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2025/09/GHSA-227x-7mh8-3cf6/GHSA-227x-7mh8-3cf6.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}