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Fencer Vulns
critical 10.0

CVE-2025-55190 json

Argo CD: Project API Token Exposes Repository Credentials

published 2025-09-04 14 mo ago modified 2026-10-18 21 d ago also BIT-argo-cd-2025-55190 , EUVD-2025-26875 , GHSA-786q-9hcg-v9ff , GO-2025-3934

cvss
10.0
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
5.7%
EPSS 5.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits
0
none known, plus a Nuclei check

Summary

Argo CD is a declarative, GitOps continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes. In versions 2.13.0 through 2.13.8, 2.14.0 through 2.14.15, 3.0.0 through 3.0.12 and 3.1.0-rc1 through 3.1.1, API tokens with project-level permissions are able to retrieve sensitive repository credentials (usernames, passwords) through the project details API endpoint, even when the token only has standard application management permissions and no explicit access to secrets. This vulnerability does not only affect project-level permissions. Any token with project get permissions is also vulnerable, including global permissions such as: `p, role/user, projects, get, *, allow`. This issue is fixed in versions 2.13.9, 2.14.16, 3.0.14 and 3.1.2.

Patch / fix

  • go github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 2.13.9, 2.14.16
  • go github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v3 3.0.14, 3.1.2
  • bitnami argo-cd 2.13.9, 2.14.16, 3.0.14, 3.1.2
  • linuxfoundation argo-cd 2.13.9, 2.14.16, 3.0.14, 3.1.2
  • linuxfoundation argo_continuous_delivery 2.13.9, 2.14.16, 3.0.14, 3.1.2
  • govulncheck-vulndb SLE Module for Package Hub 15 SP6, openSUSE Leap 15.6 0.0.20250918T182144-150000.1.107.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2025:03289-1

  • govulncheck-vulndb openSUSE Leap 16.0 0.0.20260723T184607-160000.1.1
  • govulncheck-vulndb openSUSE Tumbleweed 0.0.20250908T141310-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1openSUSE-SU-2025:15538-1

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-2025-55190 updated cvss 8.8

github.com/argoproj/argo-cd: Project API Token Exposes Repository Credentials

  • Red Hat OpenShift GitOps openshift-gitops-1/argocd-rhel8, openshift-gitops-1/argocd-rhel9, openshift-gitops-1/argocd-agent-rhel8
    affected: workaround, no fix available
  • Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.15 openshift-gitops-1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2025:15387
  • Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.16 openshift-gitops-1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2025:15388
  • Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.17 openshift-gitops-1, openshift-gitops-1 1768824960
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2025:15389
  • Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.18 openshift-gitops-1 1768881034
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:1017
  • Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.19 openshift-gitops-1 1769165422
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:1488
  • Red Hat Developer Hub 1 rhdh-orchestrator-dev-preview-beta/orchestrator-operator-bundle Red Hat OpenShift GitOps openshift-gitops-1/dex-rhel8, openshift-gitops-1/must-gather-rhel8, openshift-gitops-1/argo-rollouts-rhel8, openshift-gitops-1/console-plugin-rhel8, openshift-gitops-1/argocd-extensions-rhel8
    not affected: component not present
  • Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.15 openshift-gitops-1 Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.16 openshift-gitops-1 Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.17 openshift-gitops-1, openshift-gitops-1 1768824197, openshift-gitops-1 1768824532, openshift-gitops-1 1768824533, openshift-gitops-1 1768824729, openshift-gitops-1 1768824983, +5 more Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.18 openshift-gitops-1 1768880947, openshift-gitops-1 1768880997, openshift-gitops-1 1768881033, openshift-gitops-1 1768881087, openshift-gitops-1 1768881228, openshift-gitops-1 1768881232, +4 more Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.19 openshift-gitops-1 1769164631, openshift-gitops-1 1769164741, openshift-gitops-1 1769164791, openshift-gitops-1 1769164796, openshift-gitops-1 1769164827, openshift-gitops-1 1769165383, +5 more
    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
total
Assessed
14 mo ago

Exploit prediction

5.66% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • Nuclei template ArgoCD Project API Token Repository Credentials Exposure nuclei detection template
  • github.com https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/security/advisories/GHSA-786q-9hcg-v9ff referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 10.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
GitHub 3.1 9.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
OSV 3.1 9.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
go github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2
>=2.13.0, <2.13.9
>=2.14.0, <2.14.16
2.13.9
2.14.16
go github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v3
<3.0.14
>=3.1.0-rc1, <3.1.2
3.0.14
3.1.2
bitnami argo-cd
>=2.13.0, <2.13.9
>=2.14.0, <2.14.16
>=3.0.0, <3.0.14
>=3.1.0, <3.1.2
2.13.9
2.14.16
3.0.14
3.1.2
go github.com/argoproj/argo-cd
all versions
 no fix listed

Affected products

  • argoproj argo-cd

Classification

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

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.