CVE-2024-40634
Argo CD JSON payload Denial of Service (DoS)
Description
Argo CD is a declarative, GitOps continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes. This report details a security vulnerability in Argo CD, where an unauthenticated attacker can send a specially crafted large JSON payload to the /api/webhook endpoint, causing excessive memory allocation that leads to service disruption by triggering an Out Of Memory (OOM) kill. The issue poses a high risk to the availability of Argo CD deployments. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.11.6, 2.10.15, and 2.9.20.
INFO
Published Date :
July 22, 2024, 6:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Jan. 9, 2025, 4:55 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
3.9
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Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Jan. 09, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Added CWE NIST NVD-CWE-noinfo Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.0.0 up to (excluding) 2.9.20 *cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.10.0 up to (excluding) 2.10.15 *cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.11.0 up to (excluding) 2.11.6 Changed Reference Type https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/commit/46c0c0b64deaab1ece70cb701030b76668ad0cdc No Types Assigned https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/commit/46c0c0b64deaab1ece70cb701030b76668ad0cdc Patch Changed Reference Type https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/commit/46c0c0b64deaab1ece70cb701030b76668ad0cdc No Types Assigned https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/commit/46c0c0b64deaab1ece70cb701030b76668ad0cdc Patch Changed Reference Type https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/commit/540e3a57b90eb3655db54793332fac86bcc38b36 No Types Assigned https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/commit/540e3a57b90eb3655db54793332fac86bcc38b36 Patch Changed Reference Type https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/commit/540e3a57b90eb3655db54793332fac86bcc38b36 No Types Assigned https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/commit/540e3a57b90eb3655db54793332fac86bcc38b36 Patch Changed Reference Type https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/commit/d881ee78949e23160a0b280bb159e4d3d625a4df No Types Assigned https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/commit/d881ee78949e23160a0b280bb159e4d3d625a4df Patch Changed Reference Type https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/commit/d881ee78949e23160a0b280bb159e4d3d625a4df No Types Assigned https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/commit/d881ee78949e23160a0b280bb159e4d3d625a4df Patch Changed Reference Type https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/security/advisories/GHSA-jmvp-698c-4x3w No Types Assigned https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/security/advisories/GHSA-jmvp-698c-4x3w Exploit, Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/security/advisories/GHSA-jmvp-698c-4x3w No Types Assigned https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/security/advisories/GHSA-jmvp-698c-4x3w Exploit, Vendor Advisory -
CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/commit/46c0c0b64deaab1ece70cb701030b76668ad0cdc Added Reference https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/commit/540e3a57b90eb3655db54793332fac86bcc38b36 Added Reference https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/commit/d881ee78949e23160a0b280bb159e4d3d625a4df Added Reference https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/security/advisories/GHSA-jmvp-698c-4x3w -
CVE Received by [email protected]
Jul. 22, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description Argo CD is a declarative, GitOps continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes. This report details a security vulnerability in Argo CD, where an unauthenticated attacker can send a specially crafted large JSON payload to the /api/webhook endpoint, causing excessive memory allocation that leads to service disruption by triggering an Out Of Memory (OOM) kill. The issue poses a high risk to the availability of Argo CD deployments. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.11.6, 2.10.15, and 2.9.20. Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/security/advisories/GHSA-jmvp-698c-4x3w [No types assigned] Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/commit/46c0c0b64deaab1ece70cb701030b76668ad0cdc [No types assigned] Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/commit/540e3a57b90eb3655db54793332fac86bcc38b36 [No types assigned] Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/commit/d881ee78949e23160a0b280bb159e4d3d625a4df [No types assigned] Added CWE GitHub, Inc. CWE-400 Added CVSS V3.1 GitHub, Inc. AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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