A flaw was identified in Argo CD, the GitOps engine used by Red Hat OpenShift GitOps, that could allow an unauthenticated attacker with network access to the Argo CD repo-server to achieve remote cod…
High CVSS 8.9
Summary
A flaw was identified in Argo CD, the GitOps engine used by Red Hat OpenShift GitOps, that could allow an unauthenticated attacker with network access to the Argo CD repo-server to achieve remote code execution. Under certain conditions, the attacker may then manipulate cached data to deploy malicious Kubernetes resources to managed clusters, potentially resulting in complete cluster compromise.
In-depth triage
No in-depth report has been generated yet (DR-003 v2 AI pipeline is under construction).
Sources
- NVD DATABASE
Original Links
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:52857
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-15416
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2496732
- https://github.com/argoproj/argo-helm/commit/0f245ab
- https://github.com/argoproj/argo-helm/security/advisories/GHSA-47m3-95c7-g2g8
- https://thehackernews.com/2026/07/unpatched-argo-cd-repo-server-flaw.html
- https://www.synacktiv.com/en/publications/caught-in-the-octopus-trap-unauthenticated-rce-in-argo-cd-with-codeql
Timeline
- nvd_ingest NVD