CVE-2020-8828
For insiders with access to the cluster or logs, this issue could be abused for privilege escalation, as Argo has privileged roles.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.80%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
As of v1.5.0, the default admin password is set to the argocd-server pod name. For insiders with access to the cluster or logs, this issue could be abused for privilege escalation, as Argo has privileged roles. A malicious insider is the most realistic threat, but pod names are not meant to be kept secret and could wind up just about anywhere.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.80% probability · 78th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-287, CWE-1188
- Affected
- argoproj/argo cd
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.8% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://argoproj.github.io/argo-cd/security_considerations/Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/argoproj/argo/releasesThird Party Advisory
- https://www.soluble.ai/blog/argo-cves-2020Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://argoproj.github.io/argo-cd/security_considerations/Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/argoproj/argo/releasesThird Party Advisory
- https://www.soluble.ai/blog/argo-cves-2020Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.