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SCA: security update for github.com/argoproj/argo-cd (GHSA-2f5v-8r3f-8pww)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 408878

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - Argo CD is a declarative, GitOps continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes. All unpatched versions of Argo
 CD starting with 1.0.0 are vulnerable to an improper access control bug, allowing a malicious user to
 potentially escalate their privileges to admin-level. Versions starting with 0.8.0 and 0.5.0 contain
 limited versions of this issue. To perform exploits, an authorized Argo CD user must have push access to
 an Application's source git or Helm repository or `sync` and `override` access to an Application. Once a
 user has that access, different exploitation levels are possible depending on their other RBAC privileges.
 A patch for this vulnerability has been released in Argo CD versions 2.3.2, 2.2.8, and 2.1.14. Some
 mitigation measures are available but do not serve as a substitute for upgrading. To avoid privilege
 escalation, limit who has push access to Application source repositories or `sync` + `override` access to
 Applications; and limit which repositories are available in projects where users have `update` access to
 Applications. To avoid unauthorized resource inspection/tampering, limit who has `delete`, `get`, or
 `action` access to Applications. (CVE-2022-24768)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2f5v-8r3f-8pww

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 408878

Version: Revision 1.9

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-24768

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/24/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/23/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-24768