gardener gardener-extension-provider-aws up to 1.45.x/1.48.x/1.54.x/1.63.x code injection

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in gardener gardener-extension-provider-aws up to 1.45.x/1.48.x/1.54.x/1.63.x. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. Executing a manipulation can lead to code injection. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-59823. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in gardener gardener-extension-provider-aws up to 1.45.x/1.48.x/1.54.x/1.63.x. This vulnerability affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-94. The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-59823 since 09/22/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.

Upgrading to version 1.46.0, 1.49.0, 1.55.0 or 1.64.0 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at github.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-31113). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Vendor

• gardener

Name

• gardener-extension-provider-aws

Version

• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.2
• 1.3
• 1.4
• 1.5
• 1.6
• 1.7
• 1.8
• 1.9
• 1.10
• 1.11
• 1.12
• 1.13
• 1.14
• 1.15
• 1.16
• 1.17
• 1.18
• 1.19
• 1.20
• 1.21
• 1.22
• 1.23
• 1.24
• 1.25
• 1.26
• 1.27
• 1.28
• 1.29
• 1.30
• 1.31
• 1.32
• 1.33
• 1.34
• 1.35
• 1.36
• 1.37
• 1.38
• 1.39
• 1.40
• 1.41
• 1.42
• 1.43
• 1.44
• 1.45
• 1.46
• 1.47
• 1.48
• 1.49
• 1.50
• 1.51
• 1.52
• 1.53
• 1.54
• 1.55
• 1.56
• 1.57
• 1.58
• 1.59
• 1.60
• 1.61
• 1.62
• 1.63

Website

• Product: https://github.com/gardener/gardener-extension-provider-aws/

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