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Argo CD users with any cluster secret update access may update out-of-bounds cluster secrets

Published Feb 16, 2023

Description

Argo CD is a declarative, GitOps continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes. All Argo CD versions starting with 2.3.0-rc1 and prior to 2.3.17, 2.4.23 2.5.11, and 2.6.2 are vulnerable to an improper authorization bug which allows users who have the ability to update at least one cluster secret to update any cluster secret. The attacker could use this access to escalate privileges (potentially controlling Kubernetes resources) or to break Argo CD functionality (by preventing connections to external clusters). A patch for this vulnerability has been released in Argo CD versions 2.6.2, 2.5.11, 2.4.23, and 2.3.17. Two workarounds are available. Either modify the RBAC configuration to completely revoke all `clusters, update` access, or use the `destinations` and `clusterResourceWhitelist` fields to apply similar restrictions as the `namespaces` and `clusterResources` fields.

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner GitHub_M
Published Feb 16, 2023
Updated Mar 10, 2025
Reserved Jan 19, 2023
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated Mar 10, 2025
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Red Hat
Severity Important
Public date Feb 16, 2023
GHSA-3JFQ-742W-XG8J