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TI-2024-14377 Aliases CVE-2024-21652GHSA-x32m-mvfj-52xv

Argo CD vulnerable to Bypassing of Brute Force Protection via Application Crash and In-Memory Data Loss

Priority HIGH 82CWE-307Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 3 fixed, 1 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-307.

Summary

Argo CD is a declarative, GitOps continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes. Prior to versions 2.8.13, 2.9.9, and 2.10.4, an attacker can exploit a chain of vulnerabilities, including a Denial of Service (DoS) flaw and in-memory data storage weakness, to effectively bypass the application's brute force login protection. This is a critical security vulnerability that allows attackers to bypass the brute force login protection mechanism. Not only can they crash the service affecting all users, but they can also make unlimited login attempts, increasing the risk of account compromise. Versions 2.8.13, 2.9.9, and 2.10.4 contain a patch for this issue.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00751 55th percentileScored 2026-11-08
Fix Partial argo-cd (argoproj): 2.8.13, 2.9.9, 2.10.4github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 (Go): 2.8.13, 2.9.9, 2.10.4Red Hat: 4 advisoriesRed Hat: 3 fixed, 1 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
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-cdbefore 2.8.13; 2.9.0 to before 2.9.9; 2.10.0 to before 2.10.42.8.13, 2.9.9, 2.10.4Patch availableCNA
—github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 (Go)before 2.8.132.8.13Patch availableGHSA-x32m-mvfj-52xv
—github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 (Go)2.9.0 to before 2.9.92.9.9Patch availableGHSA-x32m-mvfj-52xv
—github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 (Go)2.10.0 to before 2.10.42.10.4Patch availableGHSA-x32m-mvfj-52xv
  • argo-cd Vendorargoproj Affected before 2.8.13; 2.9.0 to before 2.9.9; 2.10.0 to before 2.10.4 Fixed in 2.8.13, 2.9.9, 2.10.4 Patch available CNA
  • github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 (Go) Vendor— Affected before 2.8.13 Fixed in 2.8.13 Patch available GHSA-x32m-mvfj-52xv
  • github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 (Go) Vendor— Affected 2.9.0 to before 2.9.9 Fixed in 2.9.9 Patch available GHSA-x32m-mvfj-52xv
  • github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 (Go) Vendor— Affected 2.10.0 to before 2.10.4 Fixed in 2.10.4 Patch available GHSA-x32m-mvfj-52xv

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 2.8.13; 2.9.0 to before 2.9.9; 2.10.0 to before 2.10.4Vulnerableargoproj
  • cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 2.8.13; 2.9.0 to before 2.9.9; 2.10.0 to before 2.10.4 Vulnerable ·argoproj

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA argo-cd (argoproj) Fixed in 2.8.13, 2.9.9, 2.10.4
  • Fix · GHSA-x32m-mvfj-52xv github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 (Go) Fixed in 2.8.13 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-x32m-mvfj-52xv github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 (Go) Fixed in 2.9.9 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-x32m-mvfj-52xv github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 (Go) Fixed in 2.10.4 Advisory →

Red Hat 4 advisories

  • RHSA-2024:1753 Released 2024-04-10 · Red Hat rating Important
    Errata Advisory for Red Hat OpenShift GitOps v1.12.1 security update
    • Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.12 openshift-gitops-1/argo-rollouts-rhel8, openshift-gitops-1/argocd-rhel8, openshift-gitops-1/argocd-rhel9 +7
  • RHSA-2024:1752 Released 2024-04-10 · Red Hat rating Important
    GitOps 1.12.1- Argo CD CLI and MicroShift GitOps security update
    • Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.12 microshift-gitops-1.12.1-4.el9, microshift-gitops-release-info-1.12.1-4.el9, openshift-gitops-argocd-cli-1.12.1-4.el9 +3
  • RHSA-2024:1700 Released 2024-04-08 · Red Hat rating Important
    Errata Advisory for Red Hat OpenShift GitOps v1.10.4 security update
    • Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.10 openshift-gitops-1/argo-rollouts-rhel8, openshift-gitops-1/argocd-rhel8, openshift-gitops-1/console-plugin-rhel8 +6
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  • RHSA-2024:1697 Released 2024-04-08 · Red Hat rating Important
    Errata Advisory for Red Hat OpenShift GitOps v1.11.3 security update
    • Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.11 openshift-gitops-1/argo-rollouts-rhel8, openshift-gitops-1/argocd-rhel8, openshift-gitops-1/console-plugin-rhel8 +6

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.10Fixed RHSA-2024:1700
Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.11Fixed RHSA-2024:1697
Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.12Fixed RHSA-2024:1752, RHSA-2024:1753

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-21652
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-x32m-mvfj-52xv

References

Advisory 2

Other 5

  • 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
  • TI-2025-37068 Argo CD is Vulnerable to Unauthenticated Remote DoS via malformed Azure DevOps git.push webhook CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
See all 56 →

Sources

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