# CVE-2022-1025: Privilege escalation in ArgoCD

> A malicious user can exploit improper access control in Argo CD to escalate privileges to admin level, compromising the entire deployment pipeline.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 12 Jul 2022
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024

## What is CVE-2022-1025?

CVE-2022-1025 is a high-severity vulnerability in Argoproj Argo Cd, published on 12 Jul 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

All unpatched versions of Argo CD starting with v1.0.0 are vulnerable to an improper access control bug, allowing a malicious user to potentially escalate their privileges to admin-level.

Weakness: CWE-284 (Improper Access Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-1025?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Argoproj Argo Cd.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-1025?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2022-1025 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-1025 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Argoproj Argo Cd

- [CVE-2025-55190](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-55190/): Argo CD: Project API Token Exposes Repository Credentials (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2022-29165](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-29165/): Argo CD will blindly trust JWT claims if anonymous access is enabled (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2023-40029](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-40029/): Cluster secret might leak in cluster details page in Argo CD (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2022-24768](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-24768/): Improper access control allows admin privilege escalation in Argo CD (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2024-21652](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-21652/): Argo CD vulnerable to Bypassing of Brute Force Protection via Application Crash and In-Memory Data Loss (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-1025 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-1025 is a high-severity vulnerability in Argoproj Argo Cd, published on 12 Jul 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-1025 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Argoproj Argo Cd. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1025/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1025/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1025
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1025
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-1025

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1025/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.