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CVE-2023-23947

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-23947 is an improper authorization vulnerability affecting Argo CD versions 2.3.0-rc1 through 2.3.16, 2.4.0 through 2.4.22, and 2.5.0 through 2.5.10. It allows authenticated users with cluster secret update privileges to modify any cluster secret, potentially leading to privilege escalation or service disruption. With a CVSS score of 8.5 (HIGH), this vulnerability has a network attack vector and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but requires high attack complexity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 2.3.0, < 2.3.17CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.4.0, < 2.4.23CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.5.0, < 2.5.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.6.0, < 2.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.1CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.3
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.67%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
48.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0067 is in the 45th percentile among its peer group of 1,162 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (8)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/argoproj/argo-cdFixed in: 2.4.23
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/argoproj/argo-cdFixed in: 2.5.11
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/argoproj/argo-cdFixed in: 2.6.2
gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/argoproj/argo-cdFixed in: 2.3.17
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.5Fixed in: openshift-gitops-1/argocd-rhel8:v1.5.10-6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.6Fixed in: openshift-gitops-1/argocd-rhel8:v1.6.5-5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.7Fixed in: openshift-gitops-1/argocd-rhel8:v1.7.2-5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (2)

redhatCVE-2023-23947Important

ArgoCD: Users with any cluster secret update access may update out-of-bounds cluster secrets

Feb 16, 2023
goGHSA-3jfq-742w-xg8jcritical

Users with any cluster secret update access may update out-of-bounds cluster secrets

Feb 16, 2023

References

github.com / argoproj/argo-cd/commit/fbb0b99b1ac3361b253052bd30259fa43a520945
Patch
github.com / argoproj/argo-cd/security/advisories/GHSA-3jfq-742w-xg8j
Vendor Advisory