GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Go
GHSA-h8jc-jmrf-9h8f Argo CD Insecure default administrative password
HIGH
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- Aliases
- CVE-2020-8828
- Ecosystem
- Go
- Packages
- github.com/argoproj/argo-cd
- Severity
- High
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-1188, CWE-287
- Reviewed
- 2021-07-26
Affected packages
• Go github.com/argoproj/argo-cd: <= 1.8.0 (no fix yet)
Description
In Argo CD versions 1.8.0 and prior, the default admin password is set to the argocd-server pod name. For insiders with access to the cluster or logs, this issue could be abused for privilege escalation, as Argo has privileged roles. A malicious insider is the most realistic threat, but pod names are not meant to be kept secret and could wind up just about anywhere.
Workaround:
The recommended mitigation as described in the user documentation is to use SSO integration. The default admin password should only be used for initial configuration and then disabled or at least changed to a more secure password.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2020-8828 As of v1.5.0, the default admin password is set to the argocd-server pod name. vulnerability
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8828 advisory
- https://argo-cd.readthedocs.io/en/stable/security_considerations/#cve-2020-8828-insecure-default-administrative-password web
- https://argoproj.github.io/argo-cd/security_considerations web
- https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd package
- https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/blob/129cf5370f9e2c6f99c9a5515099250a7ba42099/docs/security_considerations.md#cve-2020-8828---insecure-default-administrative-password web
- https://github.com/argoproj/argo/releases web
- https://www.soluble.ai/blog/argo-cves-2020 web