Denial of service in Argo CD



Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2024-40634
CWE-ID CWE-400
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit Public exploit code for vulnerability #1 is available.
Vulnerable software
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Vendor Argo

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU94676

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-40634

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources within the /api/webhook endpoint. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Argo CD: 0.4.0 alpha1 - v2.9.3

CPE2.3 External links

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


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability. However, proof of concept for this vulnerability is available.



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