# CVE-2024-40634: Argo CD Unauthenticated Denial of Service (DoS) Vulnerability via /api/webhook Endpoint

- Also known as: GHSA-JMVP-698C-4X3W, BIT-ARGO-CD-2024-40634, GO-2024-3002
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.9.20, 2.10.15, 2.11.6
- Published: 2024-07-22 · Updated: 2024-08-02

## Affected

- argoproj argo-cd: from 1.0.0, fixed in 2.9.20; from 2.10.0, fixed in 2.10.15; from 2.11.0, fixed in 2.11.6
- github.com/argoproj/argo-cd (Go): from 1.0.0, through 1.8.7
- github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 (Go): fixed in 2.9.20
- github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 (Go): from 2.10.0, fixed in 2.10.15
- github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 (Go): from 2.11.0, fixed in 2.11.6
- github.com/argoproj/argo-cd (Go): from 1.0.0
- github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 (Go): fixed in 2.9.20; from 2.10.0, fixed in 2.10.15; from 2.11.0, fixed in 2.11.6

## Description

Argo CD is a declarative, GitOps continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes. This report details a security vulnerability in Argo CD, where an unauthenticated attacker can send a specially crafted large JSON payload to the /api/webhook endpoint, causing excessive memory allocation that leads to service disruption by triggering an Out Of Memory (OOM) kill. The issue poses a high risk to the availability of Argo CD deployments. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.11.6, 2.10.15, and 2.9.20.

## 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 (2.9.20, 2.10.15, 2.11.6) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/security/advisories/GHSA-jmvp-698c-4x3w
- https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/commit/46c0c0b64deaab1ece70cb701030b76668ad0cdc
- https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/commit/540e3a57b90eb3655db54793332fac86bcc38b36
- https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/commit/d881ee78949e23160a0b280bb159e4d3d625a4df

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