Argo CD Unauthenticated Access to sensitive setting

mediumseverity

7.5CVSS score

2.3%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

84%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

Argo CD is a declarative, GitOps continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes. The vulnerability allows unauthorized access to the sensitive settings exposed by /api/v1/settings endpoint without authentication. All sensitive settings are hidden except passwordPattern.

Impact

Unauthenticated attackers can access sensitive password patterns and application settings exposed by the /api/v1/settings endpoint.

Fix

Update Argo CD to a version that patches CVE-2024-37152.

How to confirm it

Send: GET /api/v1/settings
Positive when: contains "\"passwordPattern\":" and "\"appLabelKey\":" AND contains in content_type "application/json" AND status 200

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2024-37152 -u <target>

The full check

id: CVE-2024-37152

info:
  name: Argo CD Unauthenticated Access to sensitive setting
  author: DhiyaneshDk
  severity: medium
  description: |
    Argo CD is a declarative, GitOps continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes. The vulnerability allows unauthorized access to the sensitive settings exposed by /api/v1/settings endpoint without authentication. All sensitive settings are hidden except passwordPattern.
  impact: |
    Unauthenticated attackers can access sensitive password patterns and application settings exposed by the /api/v1/settings endpoint.
  remediation: |
    Update Argo CD to a version that patches CVE-2024-37152.
  reference:
    - https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/security/advisories/GHSA-87p9-x75h-p4j2
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-37152
  classification:
    cve-id: CVE-2024-37152
    cwe-id: CWE-306
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
    cvss-score: 7.5
    epss-score: 0.02348
    epss-percentile: 0.83821
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
    vendor: argoproj
    product: argo_cd
    shodan-query: html:"Argo CD"
  tags: cve,cve2024,argo-cd,info-leak,vuln

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        GET /api/v1/settings HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - '"passwordPattern":'
          - '"appLabelKey":'
        condition: and

      - type: word
        part: content_type
        words:
          - 'application/json'

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200

References

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