SB2024042556 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Argo CD
Published: April 25, 2024 Updated: May 2, 2026
Breakdown by Severity
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- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 3 vulnerabilities.
1) Security features bypass (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-21662)
CWE-ID: CWE-254 - Security Features
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform brute-force attack.
The vulnerability exists due to usage of a weak cache-based mechanism. A remote attacker can bypass the rate limit and brute force protections.
2) Security features bypass (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-21652)
CWE-ID: CWE-254 - Security Features
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass brute-force protection.
The vulnerability exists due to an error when handling different application states. A remote 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.
3) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-21661)
CWE-ID: CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources within the application. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/security/advisories/GHSA-2vgg-9h6w-m454
- https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/commit/17b0df1168a4c535f6f37e95f25ed7cd81e1fa4d
- https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/commit/6e181d72b31522f886a2afa029d5b26d7912ec7b
- https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/commit/cebb6538f7944c87ca2fecb5d17f8baacc431456
- https://argo-cd.readthedocs.io/en/stable/security_considerations/#cve-2020-8827-insufficient-anti-automationanti-brute-force
- https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/security/advisories/GHSA-x32m-mvfj-52xv
- https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/security/advisories/GHSA-6v85-wr92-q4p7
- https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/commit/2a22e19e06aaf6a1e734443043310a66c234e345
- https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/commit/5bbb51ab423f273dda74ab956469843d2db2e208
- https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/commit/ce04dc5c6f6e92033221ec6d96b74403b065ca8b
- https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/blob/54601c8fd30b86a4c4b7eb449956264372c8bde0/util/session/sessionmanager.go#L302-L311