Security advisory

{
  "id": "e66264b7c8ef54481c2fdb3c7d733bb720fe34d7c517fd0bf44f7c480cd7f01c",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-8826",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2020-8826",
    "summary": "As of v1.5.0, the Argo web interface authentication system issued immutable tokens. Authentication tokens, once issued, were usable forever without expiration—there was no refresh or forced re-authentication.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-8826",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2020-8826",
      "aliases": [
        "BIT-argo-cd-2020-8826",
        "CVE-2020-8826"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "bdda41046378a855e289b5f1602d5c923a3f914a"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "1.5.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "v1.5.0",
            "v1.5.0-rc3",
            "v1.5.0-rc2",
            "v1.5.0-rc1",
            "v0.8.0",
            "v0.7.1",
            "v0.7.0",
            "v0.6.1",
            "v0.6.0",
            "v0.5.2",
            "v0.5.1",
            "v0.5.0",
            "v0.4.5",
            "v0.4.4",
            "v0.4.3",
            "v0.4.2",
            "v0.4.1",
            "v0.4.0",
            "v0.4.0-alpha1",
            "v0.3.3",
            "v0.3.2",
            "v0.3.1",
            "v0.3.0",
            "v0.2.0",
            "v0.1.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-8826.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:31:01.721299443Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://argoproj.github.io/argo-cd/security_considerations/",
        "https://github.com/argoproj/argo/releases",
        "https://www.soluble.ai/blog/argo-cves-2020"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2020-8826",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 439859,
  "published_at": "2020-04-08T20:15:14.653+00:00"
}