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TI-2024-21089 Aliases CVE-2024-31990GHSA-2gvw-w6fj-7m3c

Argo CD' API server does not enforce project sourceNamespaces

Priority LOW 28CWE-863Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · Low
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 1 fixed, 2 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. 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. The API server does not enforce project sourceNamespaces which allows attackers to use the UI to edit resources which should only be mutable via gitops. This vulenrability is fixed in 2.10.7, 2.9.12, and 2.8.16.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00445 38th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial argo-cd (argoproj): 2.10.7, 2.9.12, 2.8.16github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 (Go): 2.8.16, 2.9.12, 2.10.7Red Hat: 1 advisoryRed Hat: 1 fixed, 2 without a fix

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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
argoprojargo-cd2.10.0 to before 2.10.7; 2.9.0 to before 2.9.12; 2.4.0 to before 2.8.162.10.7, 2.9.12, 2.8.16Patch availableCNA
—github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 (Go)2.4.0 to before 2.8.162.8.16Patch availableGHSA-2gvw-w6fj-7m3c
—github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 (Go)2.9.0 to before 2.9.122.9.12Patch availableGHSA-2gvw-w6fj-7m3c
—github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 (Go)2.10.0 to before 2.10.72.10.7Patch availableGHSA-2gvw-w6fj-7m3c
  • argo-cd Vendorargoproj Affected 2.10.0 to before 2.10.7; 2.9.0 to before 2.9.12; 2.4.0 to before 2.8.16 Fixed in 2.10.7, 2.9.12, 2.8.16 Patch available CNA
  • github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 (Go) Vendor— Affected 2.4.0 to before 2.8.16 Fixed in 2.8.16 Patch available GHSA-2gvw-w6fj-7m3c
  • github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 (Go) Vendor— Affected 2.9.0 to before 2.9.12 Fixed in 2.9.12 Patch available GHSA-2gvw-w6fj-7m3c
  • github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 (Go) Vendor— Affected 2.10.0 to before 2.10.7 Fixed in 2.10.7 Patch available GHSA-2gvw-w6fj-7m3c

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.4.0 to before 2.8.16; 2.9.0 to before 2.9.12; 2.10.0 to before 2.10.7Vulnerableargoproj
  • cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.4.0 to before 2.8.16; 2.9.0 to before 2.9.12; 2.10.0 to before 2.10.7 Vulnerable ·argoproj

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA argo-cd (argoproj) Fixed in 2.10.7, 2.9.12, 2.8.16
  • Fix · GHSA-2gvw-w6fj-7m3c github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 (Go) Fixed in 2.8.16 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-2gvw-w6fj-7m3c github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 (Go) Fixed in 2.9.12 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-2gvw-w6fj-7m3c github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 (Go) Fixed in 2.10.7 Advisory →

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2024:2816 Released 2024-05-10 · Red Hat rating Important
    Errata Advisory for Red Hat OpenShift GitOps v1.12.2 security update
    • Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.12 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 GitOpsAffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.12Fixed RHSA-2024:2816

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-31990
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2gvw-w6fj-7m3c

References

Patch 3

Advisory 2

Other 1

  • 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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