Medium severity · published Mar 13, 2024
CVE-2024-28175
Argo CD is a declarative, GitOps continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes
5.4
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Argo CD is a declarative, GitOps continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes. Due to the improper URL protocols filtering of links specified in the `link.argocd.argoproj.io` annotations in the application summary component, an attacker can achieve cross-site scripting with elevated permissions. All unpatched versions of Argo CD starting with v1.0.0 are vulnerable to a cross-site scripting (XSS) bug allowing a malicious user to inject a javascript: link in the UI. When clicked by a victim user, the script will execute with the victim's permissions (up to and including admin). This vulnerability allows an attacker to perform arbitrary actions on behalf of the victim via the API, such as creating, modifying, and deleting Kubernetes resources. A patch for this vulnerability has been released in Argo CD versions v2.10.3 v2.9.8, and v2.8.12. There are no completely-safe workarounds besides upgrading. The safest alternative, if upgrading is not possible, would be to create a Kubernetes admission controller to reject any resources with an annotation starting with link.argocd.argoproj.io or reject the resource if the value use an improper URL protocol. This validation will need to be applied in all clusters managed by ArgoCD.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 51% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AC
Argo CD · Argoproj
1.0.0 before 2.8.12; 2.9.0 before 2.9.8; 2.10.0 before 2.10.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-28175
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-28175
Patch
https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/commit/479b5544b57dc9ef767d49f7003f39602c480b71
Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/security/advisories/GHSA-jwv5-8mqv-g387
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