Paper/Archive/CVE-2026-77459

CVE-2026-77459

argoproj argo-cd — Argo CD: AppProject destination-namespace and resource restrictions bypassed by PreDelete/PostDelete resource hooks

Description · from the CVE record

Argo CD is a declarative, GitOps continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes. From 2.10.0 until 3.3.15, 3.4.10, 3.5.4, and 3.6.0-rc2, Argo CD creates PostDelete resource hooks without applying the AppProject destination and resource authorization checks used during ordinary synchronization. The omitted checks include cluster-scoped and namespaced resource allow/deny lists. A user who can write to an Application's Git repository can commit a delete hook targeting a forbidden namespace, server, group, kind, or resource name, and deletion of the Application causes the application-controller to create that resource with its destination-cluster credentials. The reachable impact is bounded by the controller's cluster access but can include cluster-scoped resources, disallowed namespaces, persistent hook objects, and secondary objects created by a hook Job. PreSync, Sync, PostSync, and SyncFail hooks continue to use the normal project checks. This issue is fixed in versions 3.3.15, 3.4.10, 3.5.4, and 3.6.0-rc2.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
argo-cd>= 2.10.0, <= 2.14.21–CNA
argo-cd>= 3.0.0, < 3.3.15–CNA
argo-cd>= 3.4.0, < 3.4.10–CNA
argo-cd>= 3.5.0, < 3.5.4–CNA
argo-cd>= 3.6.0-rc1, < 3.6.0-rc2–CNA

Scores by source

GitHub_M (CNA)9.9CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

References

refgithub.com/argoproj/argo-cd/security/advisories/GHSA-fmxq-cgp8-87wprefgithub.com/argoproj/argo-cd/commit/1149cdc6e932208c4402183cc3d7b7485239940crefgithub.com/argoproj/argo-cd/commit/4bc8085b0a6d2296b849539d3d09fc7be7a4a511refgithub.com/argoproj/argo-cd/commit/7f0a05834b05103d69d7c150e1ee36541b314696refgithub.com/argoproj/argo-cd/commit/d5dd7019ee65be8895133fe4df554e28074242c4refgithub.com/argoproj/argo-cd/releases/tag/v3.3.15refgithub.com/argoproj/argo-cd/releases/tag/v3.4.10refgithub.com/argoproj/argo-cd/releases/tag/v3.5.4refgithub.com/argoproj/argo-cd/releases/tag/v3.6.0-rc2