CVE-2026-77459 PUBLISHED

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

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 20.08.2026 Published: 13.10.2026 Updated: 14.10.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 9.9

Product Status

Vendor argoproj
Product argo-cd
Versions
  • Version >= 2.10.0, <= 2.14.21 is affected
  • Version >= 3.0.0, < 3.3.15 is affected
  • Version >= 3.4.0, < 3.4.10 is affected
  • Version >= 3.5.0, < 3.5.4 is affected
  • Version >= 3.6.0-rc1, < 3.6.0-rc2 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization CWE