Vulnerability Details CVE-2023-22482
Argo CD is a declarative, GitOps continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes. Versions of Argo CD starting with v1.8.2 and prior to 2.3.13, 2.4.19, 2.5.6, and 2.6.0-rc-3 are vulnerable to an improper authorization bug causing the API to accept certain invalid tokens. OIDC providers include an `aud` (audience) claim in signed tokens. The value of that claim specifies the intended audience(s) of the token (i.e. the service or services which are meant to accept the token). Argo CD _does_ validate that the token was signed by Argo CD's configured OIDC provider. But Argo CD _does not_ validate the audience claim, so it will accept tokens that are not intended for Argo CD. If Argo CD's configured OIDC provider also serves other audiences (for example, a file storage service), then Argo CD will accept a token intended for one of those other audiences. Argo CD will grant the user privileges based on the token's `groups` claim, even though those groups were not intended to be used by Argo CD. This bug also increases the impact of a stolen token. If an attacker steals a valid token for a different audience, they can use it to access Argo CD. A patch for this vulnerability has been released in versions 2.6.0-rc3, 2.5.6, 2.4.19, and 2.3.13. There are no workarounds.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.002
EPSS Ranking 48.2%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 9.0
Products affected by CVE-2023-22482
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:1.8.2
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:1.8.3
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:1.8.4
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:1.8.5
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:1.8.6
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:1.8.7
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.0.3
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.0.4
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.0.5
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.1.1
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.1.10
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.1.11
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.1.12
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.1.13
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.1.14
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.1.15
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.1.16
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.1.2
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.1.3
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.1.4
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.1.5
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.1.6
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.1.7
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.1.8
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.1.9
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.2.10
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.2.11
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.2.12
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.2.13
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.2.14
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.2.15
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.2.16
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.2.2
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.2.3
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.2.4
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.2.5
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.2.6
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.2.7
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.2.8
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.2.8-1
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.2.9
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.3.0
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.3.1
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.3.10
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.3.11
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.3.12
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.3.13
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.3.2
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.3.3
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.3.4
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.3.5
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.3.6
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.3.7
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.3.8
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.3.9
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.4.0
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.4.1
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.4.10
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.4.11
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.4.12
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.4.13
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.4.14
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.4.15
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.4.16
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.4.17
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.4.18
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.4.19
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.4.2
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.4.3
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.4.4
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.4.5
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.4.6
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.4.7
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.4.8
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.4.9
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.5.0
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.5.1
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.5.2
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.5.3
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.5.4
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.5.5
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.5.6
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.5.7
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cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:2.6.0