High severity · published Apr 8, 2020
CVE-2020-8826
As of v1.5.0, the Argo web interface authentication system issued immutable tokens
7.5
CVSS
1.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
As of v1.5.0, the Argo web interface authentication system issued immutable tokens. Authentication tokens, once issued, were usable forever without expiration—there was no refresh or forced re-authentication.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.7% · higher than 77% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AC
Argo CD · Argoproj
through 1.5.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8826
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-8826
Vendor Advisory
https://argoproj.github.io/argo-cd/security_considerations/
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/argoproj/argo/releases
Exploit
https://www.soluble.ai/blog/argo-cves-2020
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