#VU53661 Improper Authorization in Red Hat OpenShift GitOps - CVE-2021-3557 

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#VU53661 Improper Authorization in Red Hat OpenShift GitOps - CVE-2021-3557

Published: May 30, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU53661
Vulnerability risk: High
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-3557
CWE-ID: CWE-285
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Red Hat OpenShift GitOps
Software vendor:
Red Hat Inc.

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists in the argo-cd implementation. Any unprivileged user is able to deploy argocd in their namespace and with the created ServiceAccount argocd-argocd-server, the unprivileged user is able to read all resources of the cluster including all secrets which might enable privilege escalations.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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