CVE-2025-13888
CRITICALRedhat-developer Gitops-operator - Incorrect Privilege Assignment
Title source: ruleDescription
A flaw was found in OpenShift GitOps. Namespace admins can create ArgoCD Custom Resources (CRs) that trick the system into granting them elevated permissions in other namespaces, including privileged namespaces. An authenticated attacker can then use these elevated permissions to create privileged workloads that run on master nodes, effectively giving them root access to the entire cluster.
Scores
CVSS v3
9.1
EPSS
0.0004
EPSS Percentile
13.5%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-266
Status
published
Products (7)
Red Hat/Red Hat OpenShift GitOps
Red Hat/Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.16
sha256:c41c99f360a2515bce55c42e309e2c72500ba66d3a2c461412dee7de5ea9a9fa
Red Hat/Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.17
sha256:27e7a59bb5c5f60be7509e5f4f07f4181d62e6583a943c46f56f568bfc30c2c1
Red Hat/Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.18
sha256:3eb6308c58365182b4b5b5aabf35754d821e25b8a04b0595900fb47d52cd3ecc
Red Hat/Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.18
sha256:43ba408b8ed58259bf338fd29260d936fbde9846f772d0580b3e7486ef8ea300
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Published
Dec 15, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026