CVE-2025-23216

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.

CVSS Metrics

• v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 6.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.16%• Percentile: 36%

Techniques & Countermeasures

• CWE-200•Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

  The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.

• CWE-209•Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information

  The product generates an error message that includes sensitive information about its environment, users, or associated data.

Affected Systems

• argoproj•argo_cd

  < 2.11.13 | ≥ 2.12.0, < 2.12.10 | ≥ 2.13.0, < 2.13.4

• argoproj•argo-cd

  ≥ 2.13.0, < 2.13.4 | ≥ 2.12.0, < 2.12.10 | < 2.11.13

• github.com/argoproj•argo-cd

  ≤ 1.8.7 | all

• github.com/argoproj/argo-cd•v2

  ≥ 2.12.0, < 2.12.10 | < 2.11.13 | ≥ 2.13.0, < 2.13.4

References (6)

• https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/security/advisories/GHSA-47g2-qmh2-749v
• https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/commit/6f5537bdf15ddbaa0f27a1a678632ff0743e4107
• https://github.com/argoproj/gitops-engine/commit/7e21b91e9d0f64104c8a661f3f390c5e6d73ddca
• https://github.com/argoproj/gitops-engine/security/advisories/GHSA-274v-mgcv-cm8j
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-23216
• https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd