CVE-2022-24904

Argo CD is a declarative, GitOps continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes. Argo CD starting with version 0.7.0 and prior to versions 2.1.15m 2.2.9, and 2.3.4 is vulnerable to a symlink following bug allowing a malicious user with repository write access to leak sensitive files from Argo CD's repo-server. A malicious Argo CD user with write access for a repository which is (or may be) used in a directory-type Application may commit a symlink which points to an out-of-bounds file. Sensitive files which could be leaked include manifest files from other Applications' source repositories (potentially decrypted files, if you are using a decryption plugin) or any JSON-formatted secrets which have been mounted as files on the repo-server. A patch for this vulnerability has been released in Argo CD versions 2.3.4, 2.2.9, and 2.1.15. Users of versions 2.3.0 or above who do not have any Jsonnet/directory-type Applications may disable the Jsonnet/directory config management tool as a workaround.

Argo CD is a declarative, GitOps continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes. Argo CD starting with version 0.7.0 and prior to versions 2.1.15m 2.2.9, and 2.3.4 is vulnerable to a symlink following bug allowing a malicious user with repository write access to leak sensitive files from Argo CD's repo-server. A malicious Argo CD user with write access for a repository which is (or may be) used in a directory-type Application may commit a symlink which points to an out-of-bounds file. Sensitive files which could be leaked include manifest files from other Applications' source repositories (potentially decrypted files, if you are using a decryption plugin) or any JSON-formatted secrets which have been mounted as files on the repo-server. A patch for this vulnerability has been released in Argo CD versions 2.3.4, 2.2.9, and 2.1.15. Users of versions 2.3.0 or above who do not have any Jsonnet/directory-type Applications may disable the Jsonnet/directory config management tool as a workaround.

Symlink following allows leaking out-of-bound manifests and JSON files from Argo CD repo-server in github.com/argoproj/argo-cd

### Impact All unpatched versions of Argo CD starting with v0.7.0 are vulnerable to a symlink following bug allowing a malicious user with repository write access to leak sensitive files from Argo CD's repo-server. A malicious Argo CD user with write access for a repository which is (or may be) used in a directory-type Application may commit a symlink which points to an out-of-bounds file. * If the target file is a valid JSON or YAML manifest file, and the resource is allowed in the Application, the attacker can read the contents of that manifest file. (In versions <2.3.2, <2.2.8, and <2.1.14, the attacker may read the files contents even if the resource is _not_ allowed in the Application). * If the target file is valid JSON but is _not_ a manifest file, the attacker may read the contents of the file. * If the target file is not valid JSON or YAML, the attacker may read partial file contents (usually just the first character of the file). Sensitive files which could be leaked include manifest files from other Applications' source repositories (potentially decrypted files, if you are using a decryption plugin) or any JSON-formatted secrets which have been mounted as files on the repo-server. ### Patches A patch for this vulnerability has been released in the following Argo CD versions: * v2.3.4 * v2.2.9 * v2.1.15 ### Workarounds * If you are using >=v2.3.0 and do not have any Jsonnet/directory-type Applications, [disable the Jsonnet/directory config management tool](https://argo-cd.readthedocs.io/en/stable/user-guide/tool_detection/#disable-built-in-tools). The config key is called `jsonnet.enable` since the same build tool is used for both Jsonnet and plain-manifest ("directory") sources. #### Mitigations * Avoid mounting JSON-formatted secrets as files on the repo-server. * Upgrade to >=2.3.0 to significantly reduce the risk of leaking out-of-bounds manifest files. Starting with 2.3.0, repository paths are randomized, and read permissions are restricted when manifests are not being actively being generated. This makes it very difficult to craft and use a malicious symlink. * Upgrade to >=2.3.3, >=2.2.8, or >= 2.1.14 to significantly reduce the risk of leaking the contents of (but not the existence of) out-of-bounds manifest files. These versions prevent attackers from loading manifests which are not permitted in the Project which governs the Application. #### Best practices which can mitigate risk * Limit who has push access to manifest repositories. * Limit who is allowed to configure new source repositories. * Limit resource kinds and destinations allowed for Projects, and restrict user access to only the necessary Projects. ### Credits This vulnerability was originally discovered as part of the Trail of Bits audit, published March 12, 2021. The behavior was left unchanged at the time. The vulnerability was independently re-discovered by @crenshaw-dev, who contributed the patch. A security audit by Ada Logics independently followed up on the Trail of Bits report around the same time. ### References * List of [types of Applications](https://argo-cd.readthedocs.io/en/stable/user-guide/application_sources/), including directory-type * [RBAC documentation](https://argo-cd.readthedocs.io/en/stable/operator-manual/rbac/), showing how to limit repository permissions * [Project documentation](https://argo-cd.readthedocs.io/en/stable/user-guide/projects/), showing how to limit allowable resource kinds and destinations ### For more information Open an issue in [the Argo CD issue tracker](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/issues) or [discussions](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/discussions) Join us on [Slack](https://argoproj.github.io/community/join-slack) in channel #argo-cd

Argo CD es una herramienta declarativa de entrega continua GitOps para Kubernetes. Argo CD a partir de la versión 0.7.0 y versiones anteriores a 2.1.15m 2.2.9, y 2.3.4 es vulnerable a un fallo de seguimiento de symlink que permite a un usuario malicioso con acceso de escritura al repositorio filtrar archivos confidenciales desde el repo-servidor de Argo CD. Un usuario malicioso de Argo CD con acceso de escritura para un repositorio que es (o puede ser) usado en una aplicación de tipo directorio puede cometer un enlace simbólico que apunte a un archivo fuera de límites. Los archivos confidenciales que podrían filtrarse incluyen los archivos de manifiesto de los repositorios de fuentes de otras Aplicaciones (potencialmente archivos descifrados, si está usando un plugin de descifrado) o cualquier secreto con formato JSON que haya sido montado como archivo en el servidor de repositorios. Ha sido publicado un parche para esta vulnerabilidad en las versiones 2.3.4, 2.2.9 y 2.1.15 de Argo CD. Los usuarios de las versiones 2.3.0 o superiores que no tengan aplicaciones de tipo Jsonnet/directorio pueden deshabilitar la herramienta de administración de configuración de Jsonnet/directorio como mitigación