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CVE-2022-29165

32
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-29165 is a critical vulnerability in Argo CD versions 1.4.0 through 2.1.14, 2.2.8, and 2.3.3, allowing unauthenticated users to impersonate any Argo CD user or role, including the admin, by sending a crafted JSON Web Token (JWT). This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 10.0 (CRITICAL) due to its network attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Exploitation requires anonymous access to be enabled, which is not the default configuration. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 1.4.0, < 2.1.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.2.0, < 2.2.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.3.0, < 2.3.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

10.0CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.95%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
78.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0195 is in the 67th percentile among its peer group of 36,862 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (33)

gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2Fixed in: 2.3.4
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2Fixed in: 2.2.9
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2Fixed in: 2.1.15
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/argoproj/argo-cdFixed in: 2.1.15
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.3Fixed in: openshift-gitops-1/gitops-operator-bundle:v1.3.10-1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.3Fixed in: openshift-gitops-1/gitops-rhel8:v1.3.10-1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.3Fixed in: openshift-gitops-1/gitops-rhel8-operator:v1.3.10-1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.3Fixed in: openshift-gitops-1/kam-delivery-rhel8:v1.3.10-1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.3Fixed in: openshift-gitops-1/applicationset-rhel8:v1.3.9-3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.3Fixed in: openshift-gitops-1/argocd-rhel8:v1.3.9-3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.3Fixed in: openshift-gitops-1/dex-rhel8:v1.3.9-3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.3Fixed in: openshift-gitops-1/gitops-operator-bundle:v1.3.9-3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.3Fixed in: openshift-gitops-1/gitops-rhel8:v1.3.9-3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.3Fixed in: openshift-gitops-1/gitops-rhel8-operator:v1.3.9-3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.3Fixed in: openshift-gitops-1/kam-delivery-rhel8:v1.3.9-3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.4Fixed in: openshift-gitops-1/applicationset-rhel8:v1.4.7-2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.4Fixed in: openshift-gitops-1/argocd-rhel8:v1.4.7-2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.4Fixed in: openshift-gitops-1/dex-rhel8:v1.4.7-2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.4Fixed in: openshift-gitops-1/gitops-operator-bundle:v1.4.7-2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.4Fixed in: openshift-gitops-1/gitops-rhel8:v1.4.7-2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.4Fixed in: openshift-gitops-1/gitops-rhel8-operator:v1.4.7-2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.4Fixed in: openshift-gitops-1/kam-delivery-rhel8:v1.4.7-2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.5Fixed in: openshift-gitops-1/applicationset-rhel8:v1.5.1-4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.5Fixed in: openshift-gitops-1/argocd-rhel8:v1.5.1-4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.5Fixed in: openshift-gitops-1/dex-rhel8:v1.5.1-4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.5Fixed in: openshift-gitops-1/gitops-operator-bundle:v1.5.1-4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.5Fixed in: openshift-gitops-1/gitops-rhel8:v1.5.1-4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.5Fixed in: openshift-gitops-1/gitops-rhel8-operator:v1.5.1-4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.5Fixed in: openshift-gitops-1/kam-delivery-rhel8:v1.5.1-4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.3Fixed in: openshift-gitops-1/applicationset-rhel8:v1.3.10-1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.3Fixed in: openshift-gitops-1/argocd-rhel8:v1.3.10-1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.3Fixed in: openshift-gitops-1/dex-rhel8:v1.3.10-1
View patch
github_advisoryworkaround availablevia nvd_reference
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Vendor Advisories (2)

goGHSA-r642-gv9p-2wjjcritical

Argo CD will blindly trust JWT claims if anonymous access is enabled

May 24, 2022
redhatCVE-2022-29165Important

argocd: ArgoCD will blindly trust JWT claims if anonymous access is enabled

May 18, 2022

References

github.com / argoproj/argo-cd/releases/tag/v2.1.15
Release NotesThird Party Advisory
github.com / argoproj/argo-cd/releases/tag/v2.2.9
Release NotesThird Party Advisory
github.com / argoproj/argo-cd/releases/tag/v2.3.4
Release NotesThird Party Advisory
github.com / argoproj/argo-cd/security/advisories/GHSA-r642-gv9p-2wjj
MitigationThird Party Advisory