Openshift-gitops-operator: openshift gitops: namespace admin cluster takeover via privileged jobs (redhat-developer gitops-operator)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.69 % · percentile 53 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- redhat
- NVD status
- Deferred
Description
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.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-266 — Incorrect Privilege Assignment
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23203
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23206
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23207
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:1017
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-13888
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2418361
- https://github.com/redhat-developer/gitops-operator/commit/bc6ac3e03d7c8b3db5d8f1770c868396a4c2dcef
- https://github.com/redhat-developer/gitops-operator/pull/897
- https://github.com/redhat-developer/gitops-operator/releases/tag/v1.16.2
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL 9.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H | redhat |
| CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL 9.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H | NVD · secalert@redhat.com (Secondary) |
Advisories
- GHSA-pcqx-8qww-7f4v — OpenShift GitOps authenticated attackers can obtain cluster root access through forged ArgoCD custom resources
- GO-2025-4242 — OpenShift GitOps authenticated attackers can obtain cluster root access through forged ArgoCD custom resources in github.com/redhat-developer/gitops-operator
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2025-203383
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2025-13888
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| redhat-developer · gitops-operator | affected 0 < 1.16.2 |
| Red Hat · Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.16 | unaffected sha256:c41c99f360a2515bce55c42e309e2c72500ba66d3a2c461412dee7de5ea9a9fa < * |
| Red Hat · Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.17 | unaffected sha256:27e7a59bb5c5f60be7509e5f4f07f4181d62e6583a943c46f56f568bfc30c2c1 < * |
| Red Hat · Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.18 | unaffected sha256:3eb6308c58365182b4b5b5aabf35754d821e25b8a04b0595900fb47d52cd3ecc < * |
| Red Hat · Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.18 | unaffected sha256:43ba408b8ed58259bf338fd29260d936fbde9846f772d0580b3e7486ef8ea300 < * |
| Red Hat · Red Hat OpenShift GitOps |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |