# CVE-2024-31990: Argo CD' API server does not enforce project sourceNamespaces

- Also known as: GO-2024-2728, BIT-ARGO-CD-2024-31990, GHSA-2GVW-W6FJ-7M3C
- Severity: CVSS 4.8 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.10.7, 2.9.12, 2.8.16
- Published: 2024-04-15 · Updated: 2024-08-02

## Affected

- argoproj argo-cd: from 2.10.0, fixed in 2.10.7; from 2.9.0, fixed in 2.9.12; from 2.4.0, fixed in 2.8.16
- github.com/argoproj/argo-cd (Go): all versions
- github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 (Go): from 2.4.0, fixed in 2.8.16; from 2.9.0, fixed in 2.9.12; from 2.10.0, fixed in 2.10.7
- github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 (Go): from 2.4.0, fixed in 2.8.16
- github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 (Go): from 2.9.0, fixed in 2.9.12
- github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 (Go): from 2.10.0, fixed in 2.10.7

## Description

Argo CD is a declarative, GitOps continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes. The API server does not enforce project sourceNamespaces which allows attackers to use the UI to edit resources which should only be mutable via gitops. This vulenrability is fixed in 2.10.7, 2.9.12, and 2.8.16.

## 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 (2.10.7, 2.9.12, 2.8.16) per the references below.
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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/security/advisories/GHSA-2gvw-w6fj-7m3c
- https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/commit/c514105af739eebedb9dbe89d8a6dd8dfc30bb2c
- https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/commit/c5a252c4cc260e240e2074794aedb861d07e9ca5
- https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/commit/e0ff56d89fbd7d066e9c862b30337f6520f13f17

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