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TI-2022-11709 Aliases CVE-2022-29165GHSA-r642-gv9p-2wjj

Argo CD will blindly trust JWT claims if anonymous access is enabled

Priority MEDIUM 53CWE-200Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-200 and CWE-287.

Summary

Argo CD is a declarative, GitOps continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes. A critical vulnerability has been discovered in Argo CD starting with version 1.4.0 and prior to versions 2.1.15, 2.2.9, and 2.3.4 which would allow unauthenticated users to impersonate as any Argo CD user or role, including the `admin` user, by sending a specifically crafted JSON Web Token (JWT) along with the request. In order for this vulnerability to be exploited, anonymous access to the Argo CD instance must have been enabled. In a default Argo CD installation, anonymous access is disabled. The vulnerability can be exploited to impersonate as any user or role, including the built-in `admin` account regardless of whether it is enabled or disabled. Also, the attacker does not need an account on the Argo CD instance in order to exploit this. If anonymous access to the instance is enabled, an attacker can escalate their privileges, effectively allowing them to gain the same privileges on the cluster as the Argo CD instance, which is cluster admin in a default installation. This will allow the attacker to create, manipulate and delete any resource on the cluster. They may also exfiltrate data by deploying malicious workloads with elevated privileges, thus bypassing any redaction of sensitive data otherwise enforced by the Argo CD API. A patch for this vulnerability has been released in Argo CD versions 2.3.4, 2.2.9, and 2.1.15. As a workaround, one may disable anonymous access, but upgrading to a patched version is preferable.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.02103 81st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed argo-cd (argoproj): 2.1.15, 2.2.9, 2.3.4github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 (Go): 2.3.4, 2.2.9, 2.1.15+1 more productRed Hat: 4 advisories

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Total

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
argoprojargo-cd1.4.0 to before 2.1.15; 2.2.0 to before 2.2.9; 2.3.0 to before 2.3.42.1.15, 2.2.9, 2.3.4Patch availableCNA
—github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 (Go)2.3.0 to before 2.3.42.3.4Patch availableGHSA-r642-gv9p-2wjj
—github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 (Go)2.2.0 to before 2.2.92.2.9Patch availableGHSA-r642-gv9p-2wjj
—github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 (Go)before 2.1.152.1.15Patch availableGHSA-r642-gv9p-2wjj
—github.com/argoproj/argo-cd (Go)before 2.1.152.1.15Patch availableGHSA-r642-gv9p-2wjj
  • argo-cd Vendorargoproj Affected 1.4.0 to before 2.1.15; 2.2.0 to before 2.2.9; 2.3.0 to before 2.3.4 Fixed in 2.1.15, 2.2.9, 2.3.4 Patch available CNA
  • github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 (Go) Vendor— Affected 2.3.0 to before 2.3.4 Fixed in 2.3.4 Patch available GHSA-r642-gv9p-2wjj
  • github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 (Go) Vendor— Affected 2.2.0 to before 2.2.9 Fixed in 2.2.9 Patch available GHSA-r642-gv9p-2wjj
  • github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 (Go) Vendor— Affected before 2.1.15 Fixed in 2.1.15 Patch available GHSA-r642-gv9p-2wjj
  • github.com/argoproj/argo-cd (Go) Vendor— Affected before 2.1.15 Fixed in 2.1.15 Patch available GHSA-r642-gv9p-2wjj

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.4.0 to before 2.1.15; 2.2.0 to before 2.2.9; 2.3.0 to before 2.3.4Vulnerableargoproj
  • cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.4.0 to before 2.1.15; 2.2.0 to before 2.2.9; 2.3.0 to before 2.3.4 Vulnerable ·argoproj

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA argo-cd (argoproj) Fixed in 2.1.15, 2.2.9, 2.3.4
  • Fix · GHSA-r642-gv9p-2wjj github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 (Go) Fixed in 2.3.4 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-r642-gv9p-2wjj github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 (Go) Fixed in 2.2.9 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-r642-gv9p-2wjj github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 (Go) Fixed in 2.1.15 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-r642-gv9p-2wjj github.com/argoproj/argo-cd (Go) Fixed in 2.1.15 Advisory →

Red Hat 4 advisories

  • RHSA-2022:4692 Released 2022-05-18 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat OpenShift GitOps security update
    • Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.4 openshift-gitops-1/applicationset-rhel8, openshift-gitops-1/argocd-rhel8, openshift-gitops-1/dex-rhel8 +4
  • RHSA-2022:4691 Released 2022-05-18 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat OpenShift GitOps security update
    • Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.3 openshift-gitops-1/applicationset-rhel8, openshift-gitops-1/argocd-rhel8, openshift-gitops-1/dex-rhel8 +4
  • RHSA-2022:4690 Released 2022-05-18 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat OpenShift GitOps security update
    • Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.5 openshift-gitops-1/applicationset-rhel8, openshift-gitops-1/argocd-rhel8, openshift-gitops-1/dex-rhel8 +4
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  • RHSA-2022:4671 Released 2022-05-18 · Red Hat rating Important
    Red Hat OpenShift GitOps security update
    • Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.3 openshift-gitops-1/applicationset-rhel8, openshift-gitops-1/argocd-rhel8, openshift-gitops-1/dex-rhel8 +4

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.3Fixed RHSA-2022:4671, RHSA-2022:4691
Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.4Fixed RHSA-2022:4692
Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.5Fixed RHSA-2022:4690

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-29165
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-r642-gv9p-2wjj

References

Advisory 5

  • TI-2024-14377 Argo CD vulnerable to Bypassing of Brute Force Protection via Application Crash and In-Memory Data Loss CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2024-14383 Argo CD vulnerable to Bypassing of Rate Limit and Brute Force Protection Using Cache Overflow CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
  • TI-2026-31086 ArgoCD ServerSideDiff is vulnerable to Kubernetes Secret Extraction CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
  • TI-2023-20919 Cluster secret might leak in cluster details page in Argo CD CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
  • TI-2024-21088 ArgoCD Vulnerable to Use of Risky or Missing Cryptographic Algorithms in Redis Cache CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
  • TI-2026-33475 Argo CD: Stored XSS in application link annotations enables developer-to-admin privilege escalation CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.7
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Sources

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