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medium 6.5

CVE-2022-31016 json

Argo CD vulnerable to Uncontrolled Memory Consumption

published 2022-06-21 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-jhqp-vf4w-rpwq , GO-2022-0495 , EUVD-2022-6080

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.9%
EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 59%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Argo CD is a declarative continuous deployment for Kubernetes. Argo CD versions v0.7.0 and later are vulnerable to an uncontrolled memory consumption bug, allowing an authorized malicious user to crash the repo-server service, resulting in a Denial of Service. The attacker must be an authenticated Argo CD user authorized to deploy Applications from a repository which contains (or can be made to contain) a large file. The fix for this vulnerability is available in versions 2.3.5, 2.2.10, 2.1.16, and later. There are no known workarounds. Users are recommended to upgrade.

Patch / fix

  • go github.com/argoproj/argo-cd 2.1.16
  • go github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 2.1.16, 2.2.10, 2.3.5, 2.4.1
  • argoproj argo_cd 2.1.16, 2.2.10, 2.3.5, 2.4.1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2022-31016 updated cvss 6.5

argocd: vulnerable to an uncontrolled memory consumption bug

  • Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.3 openshift-gitops-1/argocd-rhel8 v1.3.11-4, openshift-gitops-1/argocd-rhel8 v1.3.12-1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2022:5187
  • Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.4 openshift-gitops-1/argocd-rhel8 v1.4.9-3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2022:5153
  • Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.5 openshift-gitops-1/argocd-rhel8 v1.5.3-2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2022:5152
  • Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.3 openshift-gitops-1/dex-rhel8 v1.3.11-4, openshift-gitops-1/dex-rhel8 v1.3.12-1, openshift-gitops-1/gitops-rhel8 v1.3.11-4, openshift-gitops-1/gitops-rhel8 v1.3.12-1, openshift-gitops-1/kam-delivery-rhel8 v1.3.11-4, openshift-gitops-1/kam-delivery-rhel8 v1.3.12-1, +6 more Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.4 openshift-gitops-1/dex-rhel8 v1.4.9-3, openshift-gitops-1/gitops-rhel8 v1.4.9-3, openshift-gitops-1/kam-delivery-rhel8 v1.4.9-3, openshift-gitops-1/applicationset-rhel8 v1.4.9-3, openshift-gitops-1/gitops-rhel8-operator v1.4.9-3, openshift-gitops-1/gitops-operator-bundle v1.4.9-3 Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.5 openshift-gitops-1/dex-rhel8 v1.5.3-2, openshift-gitops-1/gitops-rhel8 v1.5.3-2, openshift-gitops-1/kam-delivery-rhel8 v1.5.3-2, openshift-gitops-1/applicationset-rhel8 v1.5.3-2, openshift-gitops-1/gitops-rhel8-operator v1.5.3-2, openshift-gitops-1/gitops-operator-bundle v1.5.3-2
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
18 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.90% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 59% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
GitHub 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
go github.com/argoproj/argo-cd
>=0.7.0, <2.1.16
>=0.7.0
2.1.16
go github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2
<2.1.16
>=2.2.0, <2.2.10
>=2.3.0, <2.3.5
>=2.4.0, <2.4.1
2.1.16
2.2.10
2.3.5
2.4.1

Affected products

  • argoproj argo-cd

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
  • CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

Sources

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