Medium severity · published Jun 25, 2022
CVE-2022-31016
Argo CD is a declarative continuous deployment for Kubernetes
6.5
CVSS
0.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Argo CD is a declarative continuous deployment for Kubernetes. Argo CD versions v0.7.0 and later are vulnerable to an uncontrolled memory consumption bug, allowing an authorized malicious user to crash the repo-server service, resulting in a Denial of Service. The attacker must be an authenticated Argo CD user authorized to deploy Applications from a repository which contains (or can be made to contain) a large file. The fix for this vulnerability is available in versions 2.3.5, 2.2.10, 2.1.16, and later. There are no known workarounds. Users are recommended to upgrade.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.9% · higher than 59% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AC
Argo CD · Argoproj
0.7.0 before 2.1.16; 2.2.0 before 2.2.10; 2.3.0 before 2.3.5; 2.4.0 before 2.4.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-31016
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-31016
Patch
https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/security/advisories/GHSA-jhqp-vf4w-rpwq
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