CVE-2025-13888

criticalpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.007 · 52 %ileDEEUUS
grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.69% (52nd) EPSS
CVSS 9.1 · critical
Is it mine?
14 products
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Who says so?
4 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · osv · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-22

A flaw was found in OpenShift GitOps. Namespace admins can create ArgoCD Custom Resources (CRs) that trick the system into granting them elevated permissions in other namespaces, including privileged namespaces. An authenticated attacker can then use these elevated permissions to create privileged workloads that run on master nodes, effectively giving them root access to the entire cluster.

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.1
010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 8.3–9.1

v3.19.1criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.19.1criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · secalert@redhat.com USexploitability 2.3 · impact 6
v3.19.1criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · OSV
v3.18.3highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-266USCWE-266US
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affected products (14)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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advisories (3)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • WID-SEC-W-2025-2861Red Hat OpenShift GitOps: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Erlangen von AdministratorrechtenDeutsch2025-12-16csaf · cert_bundDE

    Ein entfernter, authentisierter Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in Red Hat OpenShift GitOps ausnutzen, um Administratorrechte zu erlangen.

  • GHSA-pcqx-8qww-7f4vOpenShift GitOps authenticated attackers can obtain cluster root access through forged ArgoCD custom resources2025-12-15ghsa · osvUS

    A flaw was found in OpenShift GitOps. Namespace admins can create ArgoCD Custom Resources (CRs) that trick the system into granting them elevated permissions in other namespaces, including privileged namespaces. An authenticated attacker can then use these elevated permissions to create privileged workloads that run on master nodes, effectively giving them root access to the entire cluster.

  • GO-2025-4242OpenShift GitOps authenticated attackers can obtain cluster root access through forged ArgoCD custom resources in github.com/redhat-developer/gitops-operator2025-12-22vendor · osvUS

    OpenShift GitOps authenticated attackers can obtain cluster root access through forged ArgoCD custom resources in github.com/redhat-developer/gitops-operator

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also known as (5)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvdenisa_euvdosvcert_bundNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2025-12-15modified 2026-06-17
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references (24)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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