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SCA: security update for github.com/argoproj/argo-cd (GHSA-q9hr-j4rf-8fjc)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 418019

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. Versions of Argo CD starting
 with v1.8.2 and prior to 2.3.13, 2.4.19, 2.5.6, and 2.6.0-rc-3 are vulnerable to an improper authorization
 bug causing the API to accept certain invalid tokens. OIDC providers include an `aud` (audience) claim in
 signed tokens. The value of that claim specifies the intended audience(s) of the token (i.e. the service
 or services which are meant to accept the token). Argo CD _does_ validate that the token was signed by
 Argo CD's configured OIDC provider. But Argo CD _does not_ validate the audience claim, so it will accept
 tokens that are not intended for Argo CD. If Argo CD's configured OIDC provider also serves other
 audiences (for example, a file storage service), then Argo CD will accept a token intended for one of
 those other audiences. Argo CD will grant the user privileges based on the token's `groups` claim, even
 though those groups were not intended to be used by Argo CD. This bug also increases the impact of a
 stolen token. If an attacker steals a valid token for a different audience, they can use it to access Argo
 CD. A patch for this vulnerability has been released in versions 2.6.0-rc3, 2.5.6, 2.4.19, and 2.3.13.
 There are no workarounds. (CVE-2023-22482)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q9hr-j4rf-8fjc

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 418019

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: 57.58

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-22482

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: 1/25/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/25/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-22482

cwe: CWE-863