CVE-2023-40029

moderate-risk
Published 2023-09-07

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 `kubectl.kubernetes.io/last-applied-configuration` annotation which includes full secret body. In order to view the cluster annotations via the Argo CD API, the user must have `clusters, get` RBAC access. **Note:** In many cases, cluster secrets do not contain any actually-secret information. But sometimes, as in bearer-token auth, the contents might be very sensitive. The bug has been patched in versions 2.8.3, 2.7.14, and 2.6.15. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should update/deploy cluster secret with `server-side-apply` flag which does not use or rely on `kubectl.kubernetes.io/last-applied-configuration` annotation. Note: annotation for existing secrets will require manual removal.

Do I need to act?

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1.1% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Fix available
Upgrade to: 2f7922be9c8f364fec435eec4860b49279be77da, a40c95a6383baa0d9f670586a5c295021f59337c, 77556d9e64304c27c718bb0794676713628e435e
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CVSS 9.9/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

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Affected Vendors

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moderate-risk
Severity 33/34 · Critical
Exploitability 3/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal