What is CVE-2021-3557?

CVE-2021-3557 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Argoproj Argo Cd, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-02-16.

How severe is CVE-2021-3557?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Argoproj Argo Cd

CVE-2021-3557

A flaw was found in argocd. Any unprivileged user is able to deploy argocd in their namespace and with the created ServiceAccount argocd-argocd-server, the unprivileged user is able to read all resources of the cluster including all secrets which might enable privilege escalations. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality.

EPSS: 0.008 (51.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Argoproj Argo_cd
Redhat Openshift_gitops — versions 1.1
N/a Argocd — versions argocd 1.1.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-732 — Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

secalert@redhat.com (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-3557?: CVE-2021-3557 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Argoproj Argo Cd, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-02-16.
How severe is CVE-2021-3557?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.