CVE-2023-22482 — Argo CD is a declarative, GitOps continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes

Argo CD is a declarative, GitOps continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes. Versions of Argo CD starting with v1.8.2 and prior to 2.3.13, 2.4.19, 2.5.6, and 2.6.0-rc-3 are vulnerable to an improper authorization bug causing the API to accept certain invalid tokens. OIDC providers i

01What is this vulnerability?

Argo CD is a declarative, GitOps continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes. Versions of Argo CD starting with v1.8.2 and prior to 2.3.13, 2.4.19, 2.5.6, and 2.6.0-rc-3 are vulnerable to an improper authorization bug causing the API to accept certain invalid tokens. OIDC providers include an `aud` (audience) claim in signed tokens. The value of that claim specifies the intended audience(s) of the…

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
argoproj	argo	cd — >= 1.8.2, < 2.3.13, >= 2.4.0-rc1, < 2.4.19, >= 2.5.0-rc1, < 2.5.6, >= 2.6.0-rc1, < 2.6.0-rc3

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-01-25T18:25:15.287Z
• Last modified: 2025-03-11T13:30:49.509Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/security/advisories/GHSA-q9hr-j4rf-8fjc