GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Go
GHSA-pcqx-8qww-7f4v OpenShift GitOps authenticated attackers can obtain cluster root access through forged ArgoCD custom resources
CRITICAL
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- Aliases
- CVE-2025-13888
- Ecosystem
- Go
- Packages
- github.com/redhat-developer/gitops-operator
- Severity
- Critical
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-266
- Reviewed
- 2025-12-16
Affected packages
• Go github.com/redhat-developer/gitops-operator: < 1.16.2 → fixed in 1.16.2
Description
A flaw was found in OpenShift GitOps. Namespace admins can create ArgoCD Custom Resources (CRs) that trick the system into granting them elevated permissions in other namespaces, including privileged namespaces. An authenticated attacker can then use these elevated permissions to create privileged workloads that run on master nodes, effectively giving them root access to the entire cluster.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2025-13888 A flaw was found in OpenShift GitOps. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-266 Incorrect Privilege Assignment weakness
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-13888 advisory
- https://github.com/redhat-developer/gitops-operator/pull/897 web
- https://github.com/redhat-developer/gitops-operator/commit/bc6ac3e03d7c8b3db5d8f1770c868396a4c2dcef web
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23203 web
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23206 web
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23207 web
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:1017 web
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-13888 web
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2418361 web
- https://github.com/redhat-developer/gitops-operator package
- https://github.com/redhat-developer/gitops-operator/releases/tag/v1.16.2 web