by Kastro CVE-2025-13888
redhat-developer gitops-operator — Openshift-gitops-operator: openshift gitops: namespace admin cluster takeover via privileged jobs
Description · from the CVE record
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.
Affected
ProductAffectedFixed inSource
gitops-operator< 1.16.21.16.2CNA
Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.16see advisorysha256:c41c99f360a2515bce55c42e309e2c72500ba66d3a2c461412dee7de5ea9a9faCNA
Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.17see advisorysha256:27e7a59bb5c5f60be7509e5f4f07f4181d62e6583a943c46f56f568bfc30c2c1CNA
Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.18see advisorysha256:3eb6308c58365182b4b5b5aabf35754d821e25b8a04b0595900fb47d52cd3eccCNA
Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.18see advisorysha256:43ba408b8ed58259bf338fd29260d936fbde9846f772d0580b3e7486ef8ea300CNA
Red Hat OpenShift GitOpssee advisory–CNA
Scores by source
redhat (CNA)9.1CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total