{"id":"CVE-2026-45738","revision":"ee6e2271ea734bd594664b8513dc1f7d","records":[{"revision":"ee6e2271ea734bd594664b8513dc1f7d","observedAt":"2026-10-23T15:48:27.903+00:00","statement":{"source":"cve-program","id":"CVE-2026-45738","aliases":[],"title":"Argo CD: Stored XSS in application link annotations enables developer-to-admin privilege escalation","description":"Argo CD is a declarative, GitOps continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes. Prior to 3.2.12, 3.3.10, and 3.4.2, Argo CD users with application write access can set link.argocd.argoproj.io/* annotations whose pipe-separated values are rendered by ui/src/app/applications/components/application-summary/application-summary.tsx in the Summary tab URLs section as anchor href values without URL validation, allowing javascript: execution in a higher-privileged user's authenticated Argo CD origin session. This issue is fixed in versions 3.2.12, 3.3.10, and 3.4.2.","state":0,"publishedAt":"2026-07-15T19:54:51.634+00:00","modifiedAt":"2026-07-16T15:12:45.158+00:00","affected":[{"ecosystem":"Vendor product","name":"argo-cd","ranges":[],"versions":[],"rawVersionEvidence":"{\n                    \"vendor\": \"argoproj\",\n                    \"product\": \"argo-cd\",\n                    \"versions\": [\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"< 3.2.12\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \">= 3.3.0, < 3.3.10\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \">= 3.4.0-rc1, < 3.4.2\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\"\n                        }\n                    ]\n                }"}],"metrics":[{"system":"CVSS 3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","score":7.3,"severity":"HIGH"}],"references":["https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/security/advisories/GHSA-h98r-wv3h-fr38","https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/commit/00f83c41dcfd879f34f8e0248c860d704b41cf0f","https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/commit/35ea43c537d6e8948e67f347317fc4f88b325122","https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/commit/c8df5ff7acc403adcee1256da5d87081cd52f0a6","https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/releases/tag/v3.2.12","https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/releases/tag/v3.3.10","https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/releases/tag/v3.4.2"],"sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-45738","license":"CVE Program Terms of Use","key":"cve-program:CVE-2026-45738","identifiers":["CVE-2026-45738"]},"retained":false,"historicalAffected":[]}],"coverage":[]}