CVE-2026-45738 PUBLISHED

Argo CD: Stored XSS in application link annotations enables developer-to-admin privilege escalation

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 13.05.2026 Published: 15.07.2026 Updated: 16.07.2026

Argo CD is a declarative, GitOps continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes. Prior to 3.2.12, 3.3.10, and 3.4.2, Argo CD users with application write access can set link.argocd.argoproj.io/* annotations whose pipe-separated values are rendered by ui/src/app/applications/components/application-summary/application-summary.tsx in the Summary tab URLs section as anchor href values without URL validation, allowing javascript: execution in a higher-privileged user's authenticated Argo CD origin session. This issue is fixed in versions 3.2.12, 3.3.10, and 3.4.2.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS Score: 7.3

Product Status

Vendor argoproj
Product argo-cd
Versions
  • Version < 3.2.12 is affected
  • Version >= 3.3.0, < 3.3.10 is affected
  • Version >= 3.4.0-rc1, < 3.4.2 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') CWE