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

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-47283-gardener-allows-bypassing-project-secret-validation-which-can  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2025-05-23  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2025-47283 · Severity: low · CVSS 3 · Published 2025-05-23

Gardener allows bypassing project secret validation which can lead to privilege escalation in github.com/gardener/gardener

Technologies: [github.com/gardener/gardener (Go)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/github-com-gardener-gardener). Vendors: [Go](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/go).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2025-47283 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-47283 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2025-47283?** Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3, published 23 May 2025.

**Which products and versions are affected?** github.com/gardener/gardener (Go) SEMVER:introduced=0,fixed=1.116.4, SEMVER:introduced=0,fixed=1.116.4,introduced=1.117.0,fixed=1.117.5,introduced=1.118.0,fixed=1.118.2.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2025-47283?** Yes. github.com/gardener/gardener (Go): upgrade to 1.116.4, 1.118.2 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**Am I affected by CVE-2025-47283?** Check whether you run github.com/gardener/gardener (Go) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## How to fix

- github.com/gardener/gardener (Go): upgrade to 1.116.4, 1.118.2 or later

  ```sh
  go get github.com/gardener/gardener@v1.118.2
  ```


## Affected products

- github.com/gardener/gardener (Go) SEMVER:introduced=0,fixed=1.116.4, SEMVER:introduced=0,fixed=1.116.4,introduced=1.117.0,fixed=1.117.5,introduced=1.118.0,fixed=1.118.2

## Identifiers

- CVE-2025-47283
- GHSA-3hw7-qj9h-r835
- GO-2025-3696

## Related threats

- [Gardener authorization bypass via group subject injection](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-79767-gardener-authorization-bypass-via-group-subject-injection)
- [Gardener allows metadata injection for a project secret which can lead to privilege escalation](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-47284-gardener-allows-metadata-injection-for-a-project-secret-which-can)