In Gardener before 0.20.0, incorrect access control in seed clusters allows information…
Priority MEDIUM 41Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
In Gardener before 0.20.0, incorrect access control in seed clusters allows information disclosure by sending HTTP GET requests from one's own shoot clusters to foreign shoot clusters. This occurs because traffic from shoot to seed via the VPN endpoint is not blocked.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01894 79th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-12494
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9j69-f6q8-h6wm
References
More Gardener vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-29813 Bypassing project secret validation can lead to privilege escalation CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
- TI-2025-29814 Gardener vulnerable to metadata injection for a project secret that can lead to privilege escalation CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
- TI-2018-01854 Following the Gardener architecture, the Kubernetes apiserver of a Gardener managed shoot… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.5
Sources
- CVE-2019-12494 · CVE Program
- CVE-2019-12494 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-9j69-f6q8-h6wm · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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