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2 vulnerabilities found for Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.18 by Red Hat
CVE-2025-13888 (GCVE-0-2025-13888)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2025-12-15 15:36 – Updated: 2026-01-22 15:50
VLAI
Title
Openshift-gitops-operator: openshift gitops: namespace admin cluster takeover via privileged jobs
Summary
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.
Severity
9.1 (Critical)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
- CWE-266 - Incorrect Privilege Assignment
Assigner
References
9 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23203 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23206 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23207 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:1017 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
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| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2418361 | issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://github.com/redhat-developer/gitops-operat… | |
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Impacted products
6 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat-developer | gitops-operator |
Affected:
0 , < 1.16.2
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|
|
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.16 |
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|
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.17 |
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cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_gitops:1.17::el8 |
|
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.18 |
Unaffected:
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cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_gitops:1.18::el8 |
|
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.18 |
Unaffected:
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cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_gitops:1.18::el8 |
|
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift GitOps |
cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_gitops:1 |
Date Public
2025-12-15 13:00
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CVE-2025-13888 (GCVE-0-2025-13888)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-15 15:36 – Updated: 2026-01-22 15:50
VLAI
Title
Openshift-gitops-operator: openshift gitops: namespace admin cluster takeover via privileged jobs
Summary
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Severity
9.1 (Critical)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
- CWE-266 - Incorrect Privilege Assignment
Assigner
References
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|---|---|
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| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23207 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:1017 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-13888 | vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2418361 | issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://github.com/redhat-developer/gitops-operat… | |
| https://github.com/redhat-developer/gitops-operat… | |
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Impacted products
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|---|---|---|---|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_gitops:1.18::el8 |
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| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift GitOps |
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Date Public
2025-12-15 13:00
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