CVE-2025-23216: Argo CD does not scrub secret values from patch errors
Description
Argo CD is a declarative, GitOps continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes. A vulnerability was discovered in Argo CD that exposed secret values in error messages and the diff view when an invalid Kubernetes Secret resource was synced from a repository. The vulnerability assumes the user has write access to the repository and can exploit it, either intentionally or unintentionally, by committing an invalid Secret to repository and triggering a Sync. Once exploited, any user with read access to Argo CD can view the exposed secret data. The vulnerability is fixed in v2.13.4, v2.12.10, and v2.11.13.
Classification
CVE ID: CVE-2025-23216
CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS Base Score: 6.8
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected Products
Vendor: argoproj
Product: argo-cd
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
EPSS Score: 0.05% (probability of being exploited)
EPSS Percentile: 18.25% (scored less or equal to compared to others)
EPSS Date: 2025-02-28 (when was this score calculated)
References
https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/security/advisories/GHSA-47g2-qmh2-749vhttps://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/commit/6f5537bdf15ddbaa0f27a1a678632ff0743e4107
https://github.com/argoproj/gitops-engine/commit/7e21b91e9d0f64104c8a661f3f390c5e6d73ddca