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High · 7.3 CVE-2026-45738 BIT-argo-cd-2026-45738EUVD-2026-44789GHSA-h98r-wv3h-fr38GO-2026-5418

Argo CD: Stored XSS in application link annotations enables developer-to-admin privilege escalation

Published Jul 15, 2026 · Updated Jul 16, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Argo CD is a declarative, GitOps continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes. Prior to 3.2.12, 3.3.10, and 3.4.2, Argo CD users with application write access can set link.argocd.argoproj.io/* annotations whose pipe-separated values are rendered by ui/src/app/applications/components/application-summary/application-summary.tsx in the Summary tab URLs section as anchor href values without URL validation, allowing javascript: execution in a higher-privileged user's authenticated Argo CD origin session. This issue is fixed in versions 3.2.12, 3.3.10, and 3.4.2.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
argoproj argo-cd < 3.2.12, >= 3.3.0, < 3.3.10, >= 3.4.0-rc1, < 3.4.2 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 16.0 govulncheck-vulndb 0.0.20260723T184607-160000.1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1

Wolfi

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Wolfi rolling argo-cd-3.2 +1 3.2.12-r0 —
Wolfi rolling argocd-image-updater 1.2.0-r4 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Go github.com/argoproj/argo-cd <= 1.8.7 — GHSA-h98r-wv3h-fr38
Go github.com/argoproj/argo-cd all versions — GO-2026-5418
Go github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 <= 2.14.21 — GHSA-h98r-wv3h-fr38
Go github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 all versions — GO-2026-5418
Go github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v3 < 3.2.12 3.2.12 GHSA-h98r-wv3h-fr38
Go github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v3 >= 3.3.0-rc1, < 3.3.10 3.3.10 GHSA-h98r-wv3h-fr38
Go github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v3 >= 3.4.0-rc1, < 3.4.2 3.4.2 GHSA-h98r-wv3h-fr38
Go github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v3 < 3.2.12 · >= 3.3.0-rc1, < 3.3.10 · >= 3.4.0-rc1, < 3.4.2 3.2.12, 3.3.10, 3.4.2 GO-2026-5418

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