{"id":"CVE-2020-8828","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2020-8828","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T23:42:59.635Z","title":"For insiders with access to the cluster or logs, this issue could be abused for privilege escalation, as Argo has privileged roles.","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.","published":"2020-04-08T20:15:15.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:27:01.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-287","CWE-1188"],"affected":["argoproj/argo cd"],"epss":{"score":0.018,"percentile":0.78336,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://argoproj.github.io/argo-cd/security_considerations/","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/argoproj/argo/releases","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.soluble.ai/blog/argo-cves-2020","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://argoproj.github.io/argo-cd/security_considerations/","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/argoproj/argo/releases","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.soluble.ai/blog/argo-cves-2020","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8828","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}