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CVE-2025-23216 (GCVE-0-2025-23216)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-01-30 15:30 – Updated: 2025-02-12 19:51
VLAI
Title
Argo CD does not scrub secret values from patch errors
Summary
Argo CD is a declarative, GitOps continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes. A vulnerability was discovered in Argo CD that exposed secret values in error messages and the diff view when an invalid Kubernetes Secret resource was synced from a repository. The vulnerability assumes the user has write access to the repository and can exploit it, either intentionally or unintentionally, by committing an invalid Secret to repository and triggering a Sync. Once exploited, any user with read access to Argo CD can view the exposed secret data. The vulnerability is fixed in v2.13.4, v2.12.10, and v2.11.13.
Severity
6.8 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-01-30 16:40 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-209 - Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information
  • CWE-200 - Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
argoproj argo-cd Affected: >= 2.13.0, < 2.13.4
Affected: >= 2.12.0, < 2.12.10
Affected: < 2.11.13
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