CVE-2022-31034
mediumpriority · track · 32OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.010 · 61 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Argo CD is a declarative, GitOps continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes. All versions of Argo CD starting with v0.11.0 are vulnerable to a variety of attacks when an SSO login is initiated from the Argo CD CLI or UI. The vulnerabilities are due to the use of insufficiently random values in parameters in Oauth2/OIDC login flows. In each case, using a relatively-predictable (time-based) seed in a non-cryptographically-secure pseudo-random number generator made the parameter less random than required by the relevant spec or by general best practices. In some cases, using too short a value made the entropy even less sufficient. The attacks on login flows which are meant to be mitigated by these parameters are difficult to accomplish but can have a high impact potentially granting an attacker admin access to Argo CD. Patches for this vulnerability has been released in the following Argo CD versions: v2.4.1, v2.3.5, v2.2.10 and v2.1.16. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
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A vendor fix is available.
- Fixedopenshift-gitops-1/argocd-rhel8@sha256:4974bab59e181b13139d0e3d9539f6b0fa7b984aeb2561409b1dad0da28d983b_amd64 as a component of Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.5redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:5152 - Fixedopenshift-gitops-1/argocd-rhel8@sha256:7ee44440267be3c3d435b8097fb612bf5dd6fe0cc17ecfe0ca0bbf9bd136ca25_amd64 as a component of Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.4redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:5153 - Fixedopenshift-gitops-1/argocd-rhel8@sha256:c50ef13adc2fca3db28b79214990933d32e177f811379f739a805d2b62f0ee97_amd64 as a component of Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.3redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:5187 - Fixedopenshift-gitops-1/argocd-rhel8@sha256:e34286b0a47918cf61a627697c59fc7be35ffe4b9be484e6cf6e377ab20f0187_amd64 as a component of Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.3redhat_csaf
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:5192
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.8–8.3
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affected products (45)
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advisories (6)
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- RHSA-2022:5152Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat OpenShift GitOps security update2022-06-22csaf · redhat_csafUS
An update is now available for Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.5. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
- RHSA-2022:5153Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat OpenShift GitOps security update2022-06-27csaf · redhat_csafUS
An update is now available for Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.4. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
- RHSA-2022:5187Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat OpenShift GitOps security update2022-06-24csaf · redhat_csafUS
An update is now available for Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.3 on OpenShift 4.6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
- RHSA-2022:5192Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat OpenShift GitOps security update2022-06-24csaf · redhat_csafUS
An update is now available for Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.3. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
- GHSA-2m7h-86qq-fp4vInsecure entropy in Argo CD's PKCE/Oauth2/OIDC params2022-06-21ghsa · osvUS
### Impact All versions of Argo CD starting with v0.11.0 are vulnerable to a variety of attacks when an SSO login is initiated from the Argo CD CLI or UI. The vulnerabilities are due to the use of insufficiently random values in parameters in Oauth2/OIDC login flows. In each case, using a relatively-predictable (time-based) seed in a non-cryptographically-secure pseudo-random number generator made the parameter less random than required by the relevant spec or by general best practices. In some cases, using too short a value made the entropy even less sufficient. (The specific weak parameters are listed in the References section.) The attacks on login flows which are meant to be mitigated by these parameters are difficult to accomplish but can have a high impact (potentially granting an attacker admin access to Argo CD). The CVSS for this Security Advisory assumes the worst-case scenario. ### Patches A patch for this vulnerability has been released in the following Argo CD versions: * v2.4.1 * v2.3.5 * v2.2.10 * v2.1.16 ### Workarounds There are no workarounds. You must upgrade to a patched version to resolve the vulnerability. ### References These are the insufficiently-random parameters: 1. (since 0.11.0) The [`state` parameter](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6749#section-4.1.1) generated by the `argocd login` command for Oauth2 login used a non-cryptographically secure source of entropy and generated a parameter that was too short to provide the entropy [required in the spec](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6749#section-10.10). This parameter is a "recommended" part of the Oauth2 flow and helps protect against cross-site request forgery attacks. 2. (since 1.7.2, when PKCE was added) The [`code_verifier` parameter](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7636#section-4.1) generated by the `argocd login` command for Oauth2+PKCE login used a non-cryptographically secure source of entropy. The attacks mitigated by PKCE [are complex but have been observed in the wild](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7636#section-1). 3. (since 0.11.0) The [`state` parameter](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6749#section-4.1.1) generated by the Argo CD API server during a UI-initiated Oauth2 login used a non-cryptographically secure source of entropy and generated a parameter that was too short to provide the entropy [required in the spec](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6749#section-10.10). This parameter is a "recommended" part of the Oauth2 flow and helps protect against cross-site request forgery attacks. 4. (since 0.11.0) The [`nonce` parameter](https://openid.net/specs/openid-connect-core-1_0.html#ImplicitAuthRequest) generated by the Argo CD API server during a UI-initiated Oauth2 implicit flow login used a non-cryptographically secure source of entropy and generated a parameter that was too short to provide sufficient entropy. This parameter is a required part of the OIDC implicit login flow and helps protect against replay attacks. ### Credits Originally discovered by @jgwest. @jannfis and @crenshaw-dev re-discovered the vulnerability when reviewing notes from ADA Logics' security audit of the Argo project sponsored by CNCF and facilitated by OSTIF. Thanks to Adam Korczynski and David Korczynski for their work on the audit. ### For more information * Open an issue in [the Argo CD issue tracker](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/issues) or [discussions](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/discussions) * Join us on [Slack](https://argoproj.github.io/community/join-slack) in channel #argo-cd
- GO-2022-0497Insecure entropy in Argo CD's PKCE/Oauth2/OIDC params in github.com/argoproj/argo-cd2024-08-21vendor · osvUS
Insecure entropy in Argo CD's PKCE/Oauth2/OIDC params in github.com/argoproj/argo-cd
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references (13)
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- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:5152Patchcnnvd
- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2022-31034/cnnvd
- https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/commit/17f7f4f462bdb233e1b9b36f67099f41052d8cb0cnnvd
- https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/security/advisories/GHSA-2m7h-86qq-fp4vcnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167568/Red-Hat-Security-Advisory-2022-5152-01.htmlcnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167594/Red-Hat-Security-Advisory-2022-5187-01.htmlcnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/167601/Red-Hat-Security-Advisory-2022-5153-01.htmlcnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2022.3050cnnvd
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