TI-2022-08582 Aliases CVE-2022-24768 GHSA-2f5v-8r3f-8pww

Improper access control allows admin privilege escalation in Argo CD

MEDIUM 45CWE-200Published 2022-03-23 · Updated 2025-04-23

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Information disclosure, Security bypass, Privilege escalation
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-200, CWE-862 and CWE-269.

Summary

Argo CD is a declarative, GitOps continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes. All unpatched versions of Argo CD starting with 1.0.0 are vulnerable to an improper access control bug, allowing a malicious user to potentially escalate their privileges to admin-level. Versions starting with 0.8.0 and 0.5.0 contain limited versions of this issue. To perform exploits, an authorized Argo CD user must have push access to an Application's source git or Helm repository or `sync` and `override` access to an Application. Once a user has that access, different exploitation levels are possible depending on their other RBAC privileges. A patch for this vulnerability has been released in Argo CD versions 2.3.2, 2.2.8, and 2.1.14. Some mitigation measures are available but do not serve as a substitute for upgrading. To avoid privilege escalation, limit who has push access to Application source repositories or `sync` + `override` access to Applications; and limit which repositories are available in projects where users have `update` access to Applications. To avoid unauthorized resource inspection/tampering, limit who has `delete`, `get`, or `action` access to Applications.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.0125 69th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed argo-cd (argoproj): 2.1.14, 2.2.8, 2.3.2github.com/argoproj/argo-cd (Go): 2.1.14, 2.2.8, 2.3.2

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
argoproj	argo-cd	0.5.0 to before 2.1.14; 2.2.0 to before 2.2.8; 2.3.0 to before 2.3.2	2.1.14, 2.2.8, 2.3.2	Patch available	CNA
—	github.com/argoproj/argo-cd (Go)	0.5.0 to before 2.1.14	2.1.14	Patch available	GHSA-2f5v-8r3f-8pww
—	github.com/argoproj/argo-cd (Go)	2.2.0 to before 2.2.8	2.2.8	Patch available	GHSA-2f5v-8r3f-8pww
—	github.com/argoproj/argo-cd (Go)	2.3.0 to before 2.3.2	2.3.2	Patch available	GHSA-2f5v-8r3f-8pww

argo-cd Vendorargoproj Affected 0.5.0 to before 2.1.14; 2.2.0 to before 2.2.8; 2.3.0 to before 2.3.2 Fixed in 2.1.14, 2.2.8, 2.3.2 Patch available CNA
github.com/argoproj/argo-cd (Go) Vendor— Affected 0.5.0 to before 2.1.14 Fixed in 2.1.14 Patch available GHSA-2f5v-8r3f-8pww
github.com/argoproj/argo-cd (Go) Vendor— Affected 2.2.0 to before 2.2.8 Fixed in 2.2.8 Patch available GHSA-2f5v-8r3f-8pww
github.com/argoproj/argo-cd (Go) Vendor— Affected 2.3.0 to before 2.3.2 Fixed in 2.3.2 Patch available GHSA-2f5v-8r3f-8pww

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd::::::::	0.5.0 to before 2.1.14; 2.2.0 to before 2.2.8; 2.3.0 to before 2.3.2	Vulnerable	argoproj

cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.5.0 to before 2.1.14; 2.2.0 to before 2.2.8; 2.3.0 to before 2.3.2 Vulnerable ·argoproj

Remediation

Fix · CNA argo-cd (argoproj) Fixed in 2.1.14, 2.2.8, 2.3.2
Fix · GHSA-2f5v-8r3f-8pww github.com/argoproj/argo-cd (Go) Fixed in 2.1.14 Advisory →
Fix · GHSA-2f5v-8r3f-8pww github.com/argoproj/argo-cd (Go) Fixed in 2.2.8 Advisory →
Fix · GHSA-2f5v-8r3f-8pww github.com/argoproj/argo-cd (Go) Fixed in 2.3.2 Advisory →

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-24768
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2f5v-8r3f-8pww

References

Patch 1

https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/commit/af03b291d4b7e9d3ce9a6580ae9c8141af0e05cf

Advisory 5

Other 1

https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd

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