CVE-2026-45738
Argo CD: Stored XSS in application link annotations enables developer-to-admin privilege escalation
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Description
Argo CD is a declarative, GitOps continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes. Prior to 3.2.12, 3.3.10, and 3.4.2, Argo CD users with application write access can set link.argocd.argoproj.io/* annotations whose pipe-separated values are rendered by ui/src/app/applications/components/application-summary/application-summary.tsx in the Summary tab URLs section as anchor href values without URL validation, allowing javascript: execution in a higher-privileged user's authenticated Argo CD origin session. This issue is fixed in versions 3.2.12, 3.3.10, and 3.4.2.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/security/advisories/GHSA-h98r-wv3h-fr38
- https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/commit/00f83c41dcfd879f34f8e0248c860d704b41cf0f
- https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/commit/35ea43c537d6e8948e67f347317fc4f88b325122
- https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/commit/c8df5ff7acc403adcee1256da5d87081cd52f0a6
References (7)
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CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- CHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- NONE
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