Denial of Service via malicious jqPathExpressions in ignoreDifferences
Priority LOW 31CWE-400Published · Updated
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 and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-400.
Summary
Argo CD is a declarative, GitOps continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes. There is a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability via OOM using jq in ignoreDifferences. This vulnerability has been patched in version(s) 2.10.7, 2.9.12 and 2.8.16.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.01005 63rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed argo-cd (argoproj): 2.10.8, 2.9.13, 2.8.17github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 (Go): 2.10.8, 2.9.13, 2.8.17
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 | 2.10.0 to before 2.10.8; 2.9.0 to before 2.9.13; before 2.8.17 | 2.10.8, 2.9.13, 2.8.17 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 (Go) | 2.10.0 to before 2.10.8 | 2.10.8 | Patch available | GHSA-9m6p-x4h2-6frq |
| — | github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 (Go) | 2.9.0 to before 2.9.13 | 2.9.13 | Patch available | GHSA-9m6p-x4h2-6frq |
| — | github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 (Go) | before 2.8.17 | 2.8.17 | Patch available | GHSA-9m6p-x4h2-6frq |
- argo-cd Vendorargoproj Affected 2.10.0 to before 2.10.8; 2.9.0 to before 2.9.13; before 2.8.17 Fixed in 2.10.8, 2.9.13, 2.8.17 Patch available CNA
- github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 (Go) Vendor— Affected 2.10.0 to before 2.10.8 Fixed in 2.10.8 Patch available GHSA-9m6p-x4h2-6frq
- github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 (Go) Vendor— Affected 2.9.0 to before 2.9.13 Fixed in 2.9.13 Patch available GHSA-9m6p-x4h2-6frq
- github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 (Go) Vendor— Affected before 2.8.17 Fixed in 2.8.17 Patch available GHSA-9m6p-x4h2-6frq
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 2.1.0 to before 2.8.17; 2.9.0 to before 2.9.13; 2.10.0 to before 2.10.8 | Vulnerable | argoproj |
- cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.1.0 to before 2.8.17; 2.9.0 to before 2.9.13; 2.10.0 to before 2.10.8 Vulnerable ·argoproj
Remediation
- Fix · CNA argo-cd (argoproj) Fixed in 2.10.8, 2.9.13, 2.8.17
- Fix · GHSA-9m6p-x4h2-6frq github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 (Go) Fixed in 2.10.8 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-9m6p-x4h2-6frq github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 (Go) Fixed in 2.9.13 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-9m6p-x4h2-6frq github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 (Go) Fixed in 2.8.17 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-32476
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9m6p-x4h2-6frq
References
Patch 3
Advisory 2
More argoproj Argo Cd vulnerabilities
- 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
Sources
- CVE-2024-32476 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-32476 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-9m6p-x4h2-6frq · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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