{"id":"CVE-2026-15416","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-15416","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T10:39:58.901Z","title":"A flaw was identified in Argo CD, the GitOps engine used by Red Hat OpenShift GitOps, that could allow an unauthenticated attacker with network access to the Argo CD repo-server to achieve remote code execution.","description":"A flaw was identified in Argo CD, the GitOps engine used by Red Hat OpenShift GitOps, that could allow an unauthenticated attacker with network access to the Argo CD repo-server to achieve remote code execution. Under certain conditions, the attacker may then manipulate cached data to deploy malicious Kubernetes resources to managed clusters, potentially resulting in complete cluster compromise.","published":"2026-07-14T09:16:41.000Z","lastModified":"2026-08-11T01:17:20.000Z","status":"Awaiting Analysis","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":8.9,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L"},"cwe":["CWE-306"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00466,"percentile":0.40131,"date":"2026-10-27","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 (0.47%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:52857","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-15416","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2496732","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/argoproj/argo-helm/commit/0f245ab","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/argoproj/argo-helm/security/advisories/GHSA-47m3-95c7-g2g8","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://thehackernews.com/2026/07/unpatched-argo-cd-repo-server-flaw.html","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://www.synacktiv.com/en/publications/caught-in-the-octopus-trap-unauthenticated-rce-in-argo-cd-with-codeql","source":"secalert@redhat.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-15416","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."}