CVE-2024-40634
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
Argo CD is a declarative, GitOps continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes. This report details a security vulnerability in Argo CD, where an unauthenticated attacker can send a specially crafted large JSON payload to the /api/webhook endpoint, causing excessive memory allocation that leads to service disruption by triggering an Out Of Memory (OOM) kill. The issue poses a high risk to the availability of Argo CD deployments. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.11.6, 2.10.15, and 2.9.20.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| argoproj | argo-cd | >= 1.0.0, < 2.9.20 | affected |
| argoproj | argo-cd | >= 2.10.0, < 2.10.15 | affected |
| argoproj | argo-cd | >= 2.11.0, < 2.11.6 | affected |
Weaknesses
- CWE-400: CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
ADP Enrichment
CISA ADP Vulnrichment
- SSVC:
- Exploitation: poc
- Automatable: yes
- Technical Impact: partial
CVE Program Container
Additional References
- https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/security/advisories/GHSA-jmvp-698c-4x3w
- https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/commit/46c0c0b64deaab1ece70cb701030b76668ad0cdc
- https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/commit/540e3a57b90eb3655db54793332fac86bcc38b36
- https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/commit/d881ee78949e23160a0b280bb159e4d3d625a4df
References
- https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/security/advisories/GHSA-jmvp-698c-4x3w
- https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/commit/46c0c0b64deaab1ece70cb701030b76668ad0cdc
- https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/commit/540e3a57b90eb3655db54793332fac86bcc38b36
- https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/commit/d881ee78949e23160a0b280bb159e4d3d625a4df
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