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ArgoCD's repo server has Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Mar 28, 2024 in argoproj/argo-cd • Updated Mar 29, 2024

Package

gomod github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 (Go)

Affected versions

>= 2.4.0, < 2.8.14
>= 2.9.0, < 2.9.10
>= 2.10.0, < 2.10.5

Patched versions

2.8.14
2.9.10
2.10.5

Description

Impact

All versions of ArgoCD starting from v2.4 have a bug where the ArgoCD repo-server component is vulnerable to a Denial-of-Service attack vector. Specifically, it's possible to crash the repo server component through an out of memory error by pointing it to a malicious Helm registry.
The loadRepoIndex() function in the ArgoCD's helm package, does not limit the size nor time while fetching the data. It fetches it and creates a byte slice from the retrieved data in one go. If the registry is implemented to push data continuously, the repo server will keep allocating memory until it runs out of it.

Patches

A patch for this vulnerability has been released in the following Argo CD versions:

v2.10.5
v2.9.10
v2.8.14

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:

Open an issue in the Argo CD issue tracker or discussions
Join us on Slack in channel #argo-cd

Credits

This vulnerability was found & reported by Jakub Ciolek

The Argo team would like to thank these contributors for their responsible disclosure and constructive communications during the resolve of this issue

References

@pasha-codefresh pasha-codefresh published to argoproj/argo-cd Mar 28, 2024
Published by the National Vulnerability Database Mar 29, 2024
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Mar 29, 2024
Reviewed Mar 29, 2024
Last updated Mar 29, 2024

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS score

0.045%
(17th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2024-29893

GHSA ID

GHSA-jhwx-mhww-rgc3

Source code

Credits

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