Privilege escalation in Redhat-Developer Gitops-Operator
CVE-2025-13888
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.
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.007 (50.9th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 51st percentile — 50.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: -0.000
Affected products
- Redhat-Developer Gitops-Operator — versions 0
- Red Hat Openshift Gitops
- Red Hat Openshift Gitops 1.16 — versions sha256:c41c99f360a2515bce55c42e309e2c72500ba66d3a2c461412dee7de5ea9a9fa
- Red Hat Openshift Gitops 1.17 — versions sha256:27e7a59bb5c5f60be7509e5f4f07f4181d62e6583a943c46f56f568bfc30c2c1
- Red Hat Openshift Gitops 1.18 — versions sha256:3eb6308c58365182b4b5b5aabf35754d821e25b8a04b0595900fb47d52cd3ecc, sha256:43ba408b8ed58259bf338fd29260d936fbde9846f772d0580b3e7486ef8ea300
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23203 (vendor-advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23206 (vendor-advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23207 (vendor-advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:1017 (vendor-advisory)
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-13888 (vdb-entry)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (issue-tracking)
- github.com/redhat-developer/gitops-operator/commit/bc6ac3e03d7c8b3db5d8f1770c86…
- github.com/redhat-developer/gitops-operator/pull/897
- github.com/redhat-developer/gitops-operator/releases/tag/v1.16.2
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-13888?
- CVE-2025-13888 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Redhat-Developer Gitops-Operator, classified under Incorrect Privilege Assignment. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2025-12-15.
- How severe is CVE-2025-13888?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.