Vulnerability · Published Jun 25, 2022 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2022-31016Argo CD vulnerable to Uncontrolled Memory Consumption

Medium 6.5

In plain English

A medium-severity uncontrolled resource consumption in argo-cd from argoproj. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.9% (higher than 60% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.9%top 40.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Argo CD is a declarative continuous deployment for Kubernetes. Argo CD versions v0.7.0 and later are vulnerable to an uncontrolled memory consumption bug, allowing an authorized malicious user to crash the repo-server service, resulting in a Denial of Service. The attacker must be an authenticated Argo CD user authorized to deploy Applications from a repository which contains (or can be made to contain) a large file. The fix for this vulnerability is available in versions 2.3.5, 2.2.10, 2.1.16, and later. There are no known workarounds. Users are recommended to upgrade.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Gogithub.com/argoproj/argo-cdno fix listedGO-2022-0495
Gogithub.com/argoproj/argo-cd2.1.16GHSA-jhqp-vf4w-rpwq
Gogithub.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v22.2.10GHSA-jhqp-vf4w-rpwq
Gogithub.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v22.4.1GHSA-jhqp-vf4w-rpwq
Gogithub.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v22.1.16, 2.2.10, 2.3.5, 2.4.1GO-2022-0495
Gogithub.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v22.3.5GHSA-jhqp-vf4w-rpwq
Gogithub.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v22.1.16GHSA-jhqp-vf4w-rpwq

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
argoproj argo-cd >= 0.7.0, < 2.1.16> 2.0.0, < 2.2.10> 2.3.0, < 2.3.5

Weakness: CWE-400 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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