CVSS 3.1
8.8 highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2026-121621
High (8.8). EPSS 1.8% estimated probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
A command injection vulnerability was found in Argo CD Image Updater, where a proxy URL configured on an SSH Git repository is passed unsanitized into a shell-interpreted SSH command. An attacker able to set a malicious proxy value can inject shell metacharacters to execute arbitrary commands and access credentials in the context of the Image Updater process.
Severity
- EPSS
- 1.8% estimated probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days; 78th percentile. Scored 2026-11-04. A forecast for this CVE across the internet, not for your own systems.
- CISA's assessment (SSVC)
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total, assessed 2026-11-04. From CISA's Vulnrichment in the CVE List: whether it is exploited, whether exploiting it can be automated, and how much control it gives.
- CWE
- CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command (OS Command Injection)
- OWASP Top 10
- A05:2025 Injection
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
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Red Hat
Red Hat rates this Moderate.
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat OpenShift GitOps | openshift-gitops-1/argocd-image-updater-rhel9 | Affected | |
| Red Hat OpenShift GitOps | openshift-gitops-1/gitops-rhel9-operator | Not affected |
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Attack patterns (CAPEC)
- CAPEC-6 Argument Injection Likelihood: High · Severity: High
- CAPEC-15 Command Delimiters Likelihood: High · Severity: High
- CAPEC-43 Exploiting Multiple Input Interpretation Layers Likelihood: Medium · Severity: High
- CAPEC-88 OS Command Injection Likelihood: High · Severity: High
- CAPEC-108 Command Line Execution through SQL Injection Likelihood: Low · Severity: Very High
The attack patterns MITRE's CAPEC relates to this record's weaknesses, as MITRE names them. Credits.