🛡️ CVE-2025-23216 — argo-cd

🟡 CVSS 5.0 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-200 OSV
5.0
CVSS Score
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Description

Argo CD does not scrub secret values from patch errors

Impact

A vulnerability was discovered in Argo CD that exposed secret values in error messages and the diff view when an invalid Kubernetes Secret resource was synced from a repository.

The vulnerability assumes the user has write access to the repository and can exploit it, either intentionally or unintentionally, by committing an invalid Secret to repository and triggering a Sync. Once exploited, any user with read access to Argo CD can view the exposed secret data.

Patches

A patch for this vulnerability is available in the following Argo CD versions:

  • v2.13.4
  • v2.12.10
  • v2.11.13

Workarounds

There is no workaround other than upgrading.

References

Fixed with commit https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/commit/6f5537bdf15ddbaa0f27a1a678632ff0743e4107 & https://github.com/argoproj/gitops-engine/commit/7e21b91e9d0f64104c8a661f3f390c5e6d73ddca

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs administrative privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is changed, meaning a successful attack can affect components beyond the vulnerable one. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity none, availability none.

Weakness class

CVE-2025-23216 is classified as CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information. Information that should stay internal is disclosed to someone who is not authorised to see it.

Affected software

CVE-2025-23216 is recorded against 3 packages.

  • argo-cd
  • github.com/argoproj/argo-cd
  • github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2

Timeline and source

Published on 1 February 2025 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from OSV.

References

github.com (Web)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Web)
nvd.nist.gov (Web)

Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 5.0
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE CWE-200
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2025-02-01
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-06-17

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
argo-cd — —
github.com/argoproj/argo-cd — —
github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 — —

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