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 ca…
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nvd · CVE-2025-13888
PublishedA 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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Source analysis status: Deferred
Weakness classifications: CWE-266
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published: 2025-12-15T16:15:50.333
lastModified: 2026-10-07T11:10:00.153
- Source published
- 15 Dec 2025 16:15:50 UTC
- Source modified
- 7 Oct 2026 11:10:00 UTC
- Observed here
- 25 Oct 2026 01:17:29 UTC
- Source terms
- NIST NVD usage terms; underlying source attribution retained
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CVSS 3.1 · [email protected] · Secondary · 9.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H