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SCA: security update for github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 (GHSA-jmvp-698c-4x3w)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 416472

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. This report details a security
 vulnerability in Argo CD, where an unauthenticated attacker can send a specially crafted large JSON
 payload to the /api/webhook endpoint, causing excessive memory allocation that leads to service disruption
 by triggering an Out Of Memory (OOM) kill. The issue poses a high risk to the availability of Argo CD
 deployments. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.11.6, 2.10.15, and 2.9.20. (CVE-2024-40634)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jmvp-698c-4x3w

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 416472

Version: Revision 1.6

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: 23.51

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-40634

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 7.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/22/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/22/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-40634

cwe: CWE-400