{"cve":"CVE-2025-13888","nvd":{"published":"2025-12-15T16:15:50.333","modified":"2026-10-07T11:10:00.153","status":"Deferred","description":"A flaw was found in OpenShift GitOps. Namespace admins can create ArgoCD Custom Resources (CRs) that trick the system into granting them elevated permissions in other namespaces, including privileged namespaces. An authenticated attacker can then use these elevated permissions to create privileged workloads that run on master nodes, effectively giving them root access to the entire cluster.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":9.1},"cwes":["CWE-266"],"references":["https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23203","https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23206","https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23207","https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:1017","https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-13888"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:17:07.138532058+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-13888","score":0.00691,"percentile":0.52558,"date":"2026-10-26"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-pcqx-8qww-7f4v","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-pcqx-8qww-7f4v","summary":"OpenShift GitOps authenticated attackers can obtain cluster root access through forged ArgoCD custom resources","modified":"2026-02-03T03:10:03.339694Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/redhat-developer/gitops-operator","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/redhat-developer/gitops-operator","ranges":["<1.16.2"],"fixed":["1.16.2"]}]},{"id":"GO-2025-4242","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GO-2025-4242","summary":"OpenShift GitOps authenticated attackers can obtain cluster root access through forged ArgoCD custom resources in github.com/redhat-developer/gitops-operator","modified":"2026-03-03T04:57:48.116556Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/redhat-developer/gitops-operator","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/redhat-developer/gitops-operator","ranges":["all versions"],"fixed":[]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}