Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Argo CD - CVE-2023-23947

 

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Argo CD - CVE-2023-23947

Published: February 21, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU72475
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-23947
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote user to compromise the entire cluster.

The vulnerability exists due to missing authorization checks when updating passwords. A remote user with ability to update at least one cluster secret can update any cluster secret.


Affected software

Argo CD
Red Hat OpenShift GitOps

How to mitigate CVE-2023-23947

Install updates from vendor's website.

Argo CD - addressed in versions 2.3.17, 2.4.23, 2.5.11, 2.6.2

External References

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