CVE-2026-79767 (GCVE-0-2026-79767)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-09-22 19:58
Modified
2026-09-23 14:36
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization
Summary
Gardener implements the automated management and operation of Kubernetes clusters as a service. Prior to 1.142.6, 1.143.3, 1.144.2, and 1.145.0, the customverbauthorizer admission plugin's mustCheckProjectMembers manage-members check compares changes to User subjects but does not account for Group or ServiceAccount subjects in Project.spec.members. A project administrator who lacks manage-members permission can add arbitrary Group or ServiceAccount subjects, including the system:authenticated Group, and thereby grant broad project access. The resulting access can include Shoots, Secrets, and cloud provider credentials. This issue is fixed in versions 1.142.6, 1.143.3, 1.144.2, and 1.145.0.
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Impacted products
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gardener gardener Version: < 1.142.6
Version: >= 1.143.0, < 1.143.3
Version: >= 1.144.0, < 1.144.2
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