CVE-2025-55190 | Argo CD: Project API Token Exposes Repository Credentials

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Argo CD is a declarative, GitOps continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes. In versions 2.13.0 through 2.13.8, 2.14.0 through 2.14.15, 3.0.0 through 3.0.12 and 3.1.0-rc1 through 3.1.1, API tokens with project-level permissions are able to retrieve sensitive repository credentials (usernames, passwords) through the project details API endpoint, even when the token only has standard application management permissions and no explicit access to secrets. This vulnerability does not only affect project-level permissions. Any token with project get permissions is also vulnerable, including global permissions such as: `p, role/user, projects, get, *, allow`. This issue is fixed in versions 2.13.9, 2.14.16, 3.0.14 and 3.1.2.

Published: 2025-09-04 Last update: 2025-09-19 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2025-55190 is rated High Exploit Risk (87.5/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.38%, 90th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.34% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2025-55190

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-55190

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-04-21 4.03% 5.38% +1.34%
2 2026-03-18 7.12% 4.03% -3.09%
3 2026-03-02 — 7.12% —

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-55190

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.9 3.1 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.1 6.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-55190

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2025-55190

GHSA-786q-9hcg-v9ff · Severity: critical · Ecosystem: go — Argo CD's Project API Token Exposes Repository Credentials

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-55190

vendor priority summary link
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-55190

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-55190

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
argoproj argo_cd >= 2.2.0, < 2.13.9 cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
argoproj argo_cd >= 2.14.0, < 2.14.16 cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
argoproj argo_cd >= 3.0.0, < 3.0.14 cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
argoproj argo_cd >= 3.1.0, < 3.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2025-55190

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