TI-2022-13061 Aliases CVE-2022-31016 GHSA-jhqp-vf4w-rpwq

Argo CD vulnerable to Uncontrolled Memory Consumption

LOW 31CWE-400Published 2022-06-25 · Updated 2025-04-23

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · None · High
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-400.

Summary

Argo CD is a declarative continuous deployment for Kubernetes. Argo CD versions v0.7.0 and later are vulnerable to an uncontrolled memory consumption bug, allowing an authorized malicious user to crash the repo-server service, resulting in a Denial of Service. The attacker must be an authenticated Argo CD user authorized to deploy Applications from a repository which contains (or can be made to contain) a large file. The fix for this vulnerability is available in versions 2.3.5, 2.2.10, 2.1.16, and later. There are no known workarounds. Users are recommended to upgrade.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00901 59th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed argo-cd (argoproj): 2.1.16github.com/argoproj/argo-cd (Go): 2.1.16+1 more productRed Hat: 4 advisories

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Partial

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	0.7.0 to before 2.1.16; > 2.0.0, < 2.2.10; > 2.3.0, < 2.3.5	2.1.16	Patch available	CNA
—	github.com/argoproj/argo-cd (Go)	0.7.0 to before 2.1.16	2.1.16	Patch available	GHSA-jhqp-vf4w-rpwq
—	github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 (Go)	before 2.1.16	2.1.16	Patch available	GHSA-jhqp-vf4w-rpwq
—	github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 (Go)	2.2.0 to before 2.2.10	2.2.10	Patch available	GHSA-jhqp-vf4w-rpwq
—	github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 (Go)	2.3.0 to before 2.3.5	2.3.5	Patch available	GHSA-jhqp-vf4w-rpwq
—	github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 (Go)	2.4.0 to before 2.4.1	2.4.1	Patch available	GHSA-jhqp-vf4w-rpwq

argo-cd Vendorargoproj Affected 0.7.0 to before 2.1.16; > 2.0.0, < 2.2.10; > 2.3.0, < 2.3.5 Fixed in 2.1.16 Patch available CNA
github.com/argoproj/argo-cd (Go) Vendor— Affected 0.7.0 to before 2.1.16 Fixed in 2.1.16 Patch available GHSA-jhqp-vf4w-rpwq
github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 (Go) Vendor— Affected before 2.1.16 Fixed in 2.1.16 Patch available GHSA-jhqp-vf4w-rpwq
github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 (Go) Vendor— Affected 2.2.0 to before 2.2.10 Fixed in 2.2.10 Patch available GHSA-jhqp-vf4w-rpwq
github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 (Go) Vendor— Affected 2.3.0 to before 2.3.5 Fixed in 2.3.5 Patch available GHSA-jhqp-vf4w-rpwq
github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 (Go) Vendor— Affected 2.4.0 to before 2.4.1 Fixed in 2.4.1 Patch available GHSA-jhqp-vf4w-rpwq

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd::::::::	0.7.0 to before 2.1.16; 2.2.0 to before 2.2.10; 2.3.0 to before 2.3.5; 2.4.0 to before 2.4.1	Vulnerable	argoproj

cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.7.0 to before 2.1.16; 2.2.0 to before 2.2.10; 2.3.0 to before 2.3.5; 2.4.0 to before 2.4.1 Vulnerable ·argoproj

Remediation

Fix · CNA argo-cd (argoproj) Fixed in 2.1.16
Fix · GHSA-jhqp-vf4w-rpwq github.com/argoproj/argo-cd (Go) Fixed in 2.1.16 Advisory →
Fix · GHSA-jhqp-vf4w-rpwq github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 (Go) Fixed in 2.1.16 Advisory →
Fix · GHSA-jhqp-vf4w-rpwq github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 (Go) Fixed in 2.2.10 Advisory →
Fix · GHSA-jhqp-vf4w-rpwq github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 (Go) Fixed in 2.3.5 Advisory →
Fix · GHSA-jhqp-vf4w-rpwq github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 (Go) Fixed in 2.4.1 Advisory →

Red Hat 4 advisories

RHSA-2022:5153 Released 2022-06-27 · Red Hat rating Important
Red Hat OpenShift GitOps security update
- Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.4 openshift-gitops-1/argocd-rhel8
RHSA-2022:5187 Released 2022-06-24 · Red Hat rating Important
Red Hat OpenShift GitOps security update
- Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.3 openshift-gitops-1/argocd-rhel8
RHSA-2022:5192 Released 2022-06-24 · Red Hat rating Important
Red Hat OpenShift GitOps security update
- Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.3 openshift-gitops-1/argocd-rhel8

Show 1 more Red Hat advisories

RHSA-2022:5152 Released 2022-06-22 · Red Hat rating Important
Red Hat OpenShift GitOps security update
- Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.5 openshift-gitops-1/argocd-rhel8

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

Product	Status	Plan or fix
Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.3	Fixed	RHSA-2022:5187, RHSA-2022:5192
Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.4	Fixed	RHSA-2022:5153
Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.5	Fixed	RHSA-2022:5152

Not affected: 3 products

Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.3
Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.4
Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.5

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-31016
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jhqp-vf4w-rpwq

References

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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