Medium severity · published Feb 8, 2023
CVE-2023-25163
Argo CD is a declarative, GitOps continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes
6.5
CVSS
0.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Argo CD is a declarative, GitOps continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes. All versions of Argo CD starting with v2.6.0-rc1 have an output sanitization bug which leaks repository access credentials in error messages. These error messages are visible to the user, and they are logged. The error message is visible when a user attempts to create or update an Application via the Argo CD API (and therefor the UI or CLI). The user must have `applications, create` or `applications, update` RBAC access to reach the code which may produce the error. The user is not guaranteed to be able to trigger the error message. They may attempt to spam the API with requests to trigger a rate limit error from the upstream repository. If the user has `repositories, update` access, they may edit an existing repository to introduce a URL typo or otherwise force an error message. But if they have that level of access, they are probably intended to have access to the credentials anyway. A patch for this vulnerability has been released in version 2.6.1. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.8% · higher than 58% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AC
Argo CD · Argoproj
2.6.0; 2.6.0; 2.6.0; 2.6.0; 2.6.0; 2.6.0; +2 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-25163
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-25163
Not Applicable
https://argo-cd.readthedocs.io/en/stable/operator-manual/rbac/
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/issues/12309
Patch
https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/pull/12320
Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/security/advisories/GHSA-mv6w-j4xc-qpfw
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