CVE-2022-29165
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-05-20 14:15
Modified
2024-08-03 06:17
Severity ?
10.0 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Argo CD will blindly trust JWT claims if anonymous access is enabled
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/releases/tag/v2.1.15Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/releases/tag/v2.2.9Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/releases/tag/v2.3.4Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/security/advisories/GHSA-r642-gv9p-2wjjMitigation, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
argoprojargo-cd
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