CVE-2023-40029

Exploitation

Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

1.19% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 67.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.6 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Critical. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2023-09-07 22:11Z3 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-09-26 18:22Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2023-08-08

Assigning CNA

GitHub_M

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.9)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L

Weaknesses

• CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized ActorClass
• CWE-532Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log FileBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

9b24013db93973a783c01e0d11be151e366b4d0156cc56d44c7c18d4dc142085

• github.comhttps://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/security/advisories/GHSA-fwr2-64vr-xv9mx_refsource_CONFIRM
• github.comhttps://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/pull/7139x_refsource_MISC
• github.comhttps://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/commit/4b2e5b06bff2ffd8ed1970654ddd8e55fc4a41c4x_refsource_MISC