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CVE-2021-3557

MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: February 16, 2022 at 04:37 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:05 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsArgo CDOpenShift Gitops

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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.8%

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Argo CD· Argoprojgo
95%
v < 1.1.1
Affected range stops below 1.1.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
OpenShift Gitops· Red Hatcontainer
95%
1.11.1.1

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (1)

x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1961929

CVSS

6.5MEDIUM[email protected]
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-732

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