Medium

Symlink following allows leaking out-of-bound manifests and JSON files from Argo CD repo-server

Type: advisorySources: OSV

Argo CD is a declarative, GitOps continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes. Argo CD starting with version 0.7.0 and prior to versions 2.1.15m 2.2.9, and 2.3.4 is vulnerable to a symlink following bug allowing a malicious user with repository write access to leak sensitive files from Argo CD's repo-server. A malicious Argo CD user with write access for a repository which is (or may be) used in a directory-type Application may commit a symlink which points to an out-of-bounds file. Sensitive files which could be leaked include manifest files from other Applications' source repositories (potentially decrypted files, if you are using a decryption plugin) or any JSON-formatted secrets which have been mounted as files on the repo-server. A patch for this vulnerability has been released in Argo CD versions 2.3.4, 2.2.9, and 2.1.15. Users of versions 2.3.0 or above who do not have any Jsonnet/directory-type Applications may disable the Jsonnet/directory config management tool as a workaround.

Products: Not specified
Affected versions: Not specified
Fixed versions: Not specified
CVEs: CVE-2022-24904
Confirmed fixed CVEs: Not specified
Updated in this feed: 4 Nov 2026, 15:36 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

Symlink following allows leaking out-of-bound manifests and JSON files from Argo CD repo-server

core-osv · Original source

Published 20 May 2022, 13:55 UTC

osv:CVE-2022-24904

Complete source record

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