CVE-2025-13888: Openshift-gitops-operator: openshift gitops: namespace admin cluster takeover via privileged jobs
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2025-13888 is a critical (CVSS 9.1) Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in redhat-developer gitops-operator. EPSS estimates a 0.69% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 52.8% of scored vulnerabilities.
Severe, CVSS 9.1 (CVE.org); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 1% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 2Timeline
- 15-12-2025PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 22-01-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version- OSV · GoEcosystem advisory · calculated9.1CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVDNIST9.1CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.69%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
53%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.69% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, administrative account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Github.com/redhat-developer1 product
- gitops-operator< 1.16.2 | All versions (No fix recorded)
Redhat-developer1 product
- gitops-operator< 1.16.2
2 vendors · 2 products
