SCA: security update for github.com/argoproj/argo-cd, github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 (GHSA-jhqp-vf4w-rpwq)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 416395

Description

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

- 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. (CVE-2022-31016)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jhqp-vf4w-rpwq

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 416395

Version: Revision 1.8

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: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-31016

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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: 6/21/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/21/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-31016