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Vulnerability · Published Dec 15, 2025 · Assigned by redhat

CVE-2025-13888Openshift-gitops-operator: openshift gitops: namespace admin cluster takeover via privileged jobs

Critical 9.1

In plain English

A critical-severity security flaw in Red Hat OpenShift GitOps from Red Hat. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 53% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)9.1Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)0.7%top 47.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A flaw was found in OpenShift GitOps. Namespace admins can create ArgoCD Custom Resources (CRs) that trick the system into granting them elevated permissions in other namespaces, including privileged namespaces. An authenticated attacker can then use these elevated permissions to create privileged workloads that run on master nodes, effectively giving them root access to the entire cluster.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Gogithub.com/redhat-developer/gitops-operator1.16.2GHSA-pcqx-8qww-7f4v
Gogithub.com/redhat-developer/gitops-operatorno fix listedGO-2025-4242

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
redhat-developer gitops-operator 0 – before 1.16.2
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.16 see references
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.17 see references
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.18 see references
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.18 see references
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift GitOps see references

Weakness: CWE-266 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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