Bug 1961929 (CVE-2021-3557)

Summary: CVE-2021-3557 argocd: ServiceAccount argocd-argocd-server is able to read all resources of the whole cluster
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Doran Moppert <dmoppert>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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A flaw was found in argocd. Any unprivileged user is able to deploy argocd in their namespace and with the created ServiceAccount argocd-argocd-server, the unprivileged user is able to read all resources of the cluster including all secrets which might enable privilege escalations. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality.
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Description Doran Moppert 2021-05-19 04:49:37 UTC
Any unprivileged user is able to deploy argocd in his namespace and with the
created ServiceAccount argocd-argocd-server, the unprivileged user is able to
read all resources of the cluster like all secrets which might enable privilege
escalations.

Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2021-05-19 17:05:49 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.1

Via RHSA-2021:2053 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:2053

Comment 4 Product Security DevOps Team 2021-05-19 20:57:17 UTC
This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2021-3557