High severity8.9NVD Advisory· Published Jul 14, 2026· Updated Aug 11, 2026
CVE-2026-15416
CVE-2026-15416
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.
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References
7- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:52857nvd
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-15416nvd
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd
- github.com/argoproj/argo-helm/commit/0f245abnvd
- github.com/argoproj/argo-helm/security/advisories/GHSA-47m3-95c7-g2g8nvd
- thehackernews.com/2026/07/unpatched-argo-cd-repo-server-flaw.htmlnvd
- www.synacktiv.com/en/publications/caught-in-the-octopus-trap-unauthenticated-rce-in-argo-cd-with-codeqlnvd
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