Resource exhaustion in Argo CD - CVE-2024-29893
Published: April 25, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU89009
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-29893
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources. A remote attacker can crash the repo server component through an out of memory error by pointing it to a malicious Helm registry.
Affected software
Argo CD
Red Hat OpenShift GitOps
microshift-gitops (Red Hat package)
openshift-gitops-argocd-cli (Red Hat package)
Red Hat OpenShift GitOps
microshift-gitops (Red Hat package)
openshift-gitops-argocd-cli (Red Hat package)
How to mitigate CVE-2024-29893
Install updates from vendor's website.
Argo CD - addressed in versions 2.8.14, 2.9.10, 2.10.5
Red Hat OpenShift GitOps - addressed in versions 1.10.4, 1.11.3, 1.12.1
microshift-gitops (Red Hat package) - update to 1.12.1-4.el9
openshift-gitops-argocd-cli (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.12.1-4.el9, 1.12.1-5.el8
Red Hat OpenShift GitOps - addressed in versions 1.10.4, 1.11.3, 1.12.1
microshift-gitops (Red Hat package) - update to 1.12.1-4.el9
openshift-gitops-argocd-cli (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.12.1-4.el9, 1.12.1-5.el8
External References
- https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/security/advisories/GHSA-jhwx-mhww-rgc3
- https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/commit/14f681e3ee7c38731943b98f92277e88a3db109d
- https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/commit/36b8a12a38f8d92d55bffc81deed44389bf6eb59
- https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/commit/3e5a878f6e30d935fa149723ea2a2e93748fcddd
Related Security Bulletins
- Denial of service in Argo CD repo server
- Multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat OpenShift GitOps
- Multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.10
- Multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.12
- Multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat OpenShift GitOps v1.12.1 for Argo CD CLI and MicroShift GitOps