Gardener provider extensions vulnerable to code injection when Terraform is used for infrastructure provisioning

### Impact A 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. This 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. ### 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.

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25 Sep 2025 16:39:16 UTC

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23 Oct 2025 20:12:12 UTC

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24 Oct 2026 13:19:41 UTC

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