SARA / Free Tools / CVE / CVE-2023-40029

CVE-2023-40029 — Argo CD is a declarative continuous deployment for Kubernetes

Argo CD is a declarative continuous deployment for Kubernetes. Argo CD Cluster secrets might be managed declaratively using Argo CD / kubectl apply. As a result, the full secret body is stored in`kubectl.kubernetes.io/last-applied-configuration` annotation. pull request #7139 int

CVSS
9.9 CRITICAL
EPSS
100.00% (top 23.20%)
CWE
CWE-200
Published
2023-09-07T22:11:56.361Z
Last modified
2024-09-26T18:22:28.890Z
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L

01What is this vulnerability?

Argo CD is a declarative continuous deployment for Kubernetes. Argo CD Cluster secrets might be managed declaratively using Argo CD / kubectl apply. As a result, the full secret body is stored in`kubectl.kubernetes.io/last-applied-configuration` annotation. pull request #7139 introduced the ability to manage cluster labels and annotations. Since clusters are stored as secrets it also exposes the…

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
argoprojargocd — >= 2.2.0, < 2.6.15, >= 2.7.0, < 2.7.14, >= 2.8.0, < 2.8.3

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

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

09References

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