CVE-2026-15416 (GCVE-0-2026-15416)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-07-14 08:56
Modified
2026-08-11 00:38
CWE
  • CWE-306 - Missing Authentication for Critical Function
Summary
A flaw was identified in Argo CD, the GitOps engine used by Red Hat OpenShift GitOps, that could allow an unauthenticated attacker with network access to the Argo CD repo-server to achieve remote code execution. Under certain conditions, the attacker may then manipulate cached data to deploy malicious Kubernetes resources to managed clusters, potentially resulting in complete cluster compromise.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
argoproj argo-helm Version: 0   
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   Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.19 Unaffected: 1785149260   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_gitops:1.19::el8
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   Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.19 Unaffected: 1785171339   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_gitops:1.19::el8
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   Red Hat Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4     cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_data_foundation:4
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   Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift GitOps     cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_gitops:1
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   Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift GitOps     cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_gitops:1
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   Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift GitOps     cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_gitops:1
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   Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift GitOps     cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_gitops:1
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   Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift GitOps     cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_gitops:1
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   Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift GitOps     cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_gitops:1
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   Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift GitOps     cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_gitops:1
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