TI-2023-09744 Aliases CVE-2023-23947 GHSA-3jfq-742w-xg8j

Argo CD users with any cluster secret update access may update out-of-bounds cluster secrets

MEDIUM 42CWE-863Published 2023-02-16 · Updated 2025-03-10

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: High
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: 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-863.

Summary

Argo CD is a declarative, GitOps continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes. All Argo CD versions starting with 2.3.0-rc1 and prior to 2.3.17, 2.4.23 2.5.11, and 2.6.2 are vulnerable to an improper authorization bug which allows users who have the ability to update at least one cluster secret to update any cluster secret. The attacker could use this access to escalate privileges (potentially controlling Kubernetes resources) or to break Argo CD functionality (by preventing connections to external clusters). A patch for this vulnerability has been released in Argo CD versions 2.6.2, 2.5.11, 2.4.23, and 2.3.17. Two workarounds are available. Either modify the RBAC configuration to completely revoke all `clusters, update` access, or use the `destinations` and `clusterResourceWhitelist` fields to apply similar restrictions as the `namespaces` and `clusterResources` fields.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00671 52nd percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed argo-cd (argoproj): 2.3.17, 2.4.23, 2.5.11 +1github.com/argoproj/argo-cd (Go): 2.3.17, 2.4.23, 2.5.11 +1Red Hat: 3 advisories

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	2.3.0-rc1 to before 2.3.17; 2.4.0 to before 2.4.23; 2.5.0 to before 2.5.11; 2.6.0 to before 2.6.2	2.3.17, 2.4.23, 2.5.11, 2.6.2	Patch available	CNA
—	github.com/argoproj/argo-cd (Go)	2.3.0 to before 2.3.17	2.3.17	Patch available	GHSA-3jfq-742w-xg8j
—	github.com/argoproj/argo-cd (Go)	2.4.0 to before 2.4.23	2.4.23	Patch available	GHSA-3jfq-742w-xg8j
—	github.com/argoproj/argo-cd (Go)	2.5.0 to before 2.5.11	2.5.11	Patch available	GHSA-3jfq-742w-xg8j
—	github.com/argoproj/argo-cd (Go)	2.6.0 to before 2.6.2	2.6.2	Patch available	GHSA-3jfq-742w-xg8j

argo-cd Vendorargoproj Affected 2.3.0-rc1 to before 2.3.17; 2.4.0 to before 2.4.23; 2.5.0 to before 2.5.11; 2.6.0 to before 2.6.2 Fixed in 2.3.17, 2.4.23, 2.5.11, 2.6.2 Patch available CNA
github.com/argoproj/argo-cd (Go) Vendor— Affected 2.3.0 to before 2.3.17 Fixed in 2.3.17 Patch available GHSA-3jfq-742w-xg8j
github.com/argoproj/argo-cd (Go) Vendor— Affected 2.4.0 to before 2.4.23 Fixed in 2.4.23 Patch available GHSA-3jfq-742w-xg8j
github.com/argoproj/argo-cd (Go) Vendor— Affected 2.5.0 to before 2.5.11 Fixed in 2.5.11 Patch available GHSA-3jfq-742w-xg8j
github.com/argoproj/argo-cd (Go) Vendor— Affected 2.6.0 to before 2.6.2 Fixed in 2.6.2 Patch available GHSA-3jfq-742w-xg8j

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd::::::::	2.3.0 to before 2.3.17; 2.4.0 to before 2.4.23; 2.5.0 to before 2.5.11; 2.6.0 to before 2.6.2	Vulnerable	argoproj

cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.3.0 to before 2.3.17; 2.4.0 to before 2.4.23; 2.5.0 to before 2.5.11; 2.6.0 to before 2.6.2 Vulnerable ·argoproj

Remediation

Fix · CNA argo-cd (argoproj) Fixed in 2.3.17, 2.4.23, 2.5.11, 2.6.2
Fix · GHSA-3jfq-742w-xg8j github.com/argoproj/argo-cd (Go) Fixed in 2.3.17 Advisory →
Fix · GHSA-3jfq-742w-xg8j github.com/argoproj/argo-cd (Go) Fixed in 2.4.23 Advisory →
Fix · GHSA-3jfq-742w-xg8j github.com/argoproj/argo-cd (Go) Fixed in 2.5.11 Advisory →
Fix · GHSA-3jfq-742w-xg8j github.com/argoproj/argo-cd (Go) Fixed in 2.6.2 Advisory →

Red Hat 3 advisories

RHSA-2023:0804 Released 2023-02-17 · 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 +2
RHSA-2023:0803 Released 2023-02-17 · Red Hat rating Important
Red Hat OpenShift GitOps security update
- Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.7 openshift-gitops-1/argocd-rhel8, openshift-gitops-1/dex-rhel8, openshift-gitops-1/gitops-rhel8-operator +1
RHSA-2023:0802 Released 2023-02-17 · Red Hat rating Important
Red Hat OpenShift GitOps security update
- Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.6 openshift-gitops-1/argocd-rhel8, openshift-gitops-1/dex-rhel8, openshift-gitops-1/gitops-rhel8-operator +1

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

Product	Status	Plan or fix
Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.5	Fixed	RHSA-2023:0804
Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.6	Fixed	RHSA-2023:0802
Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.7	Fixed	RHSA-2023:0803

Not affected: 3 products

Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.5
Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.6
Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.7

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-23947
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3jfq-742w-xg8j

References

Patch 1

https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/commit/fbb0b99b1ac3361b253052bd30259fa43a520945

Advisory 2

Other 1

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

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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