CVE-2025-13888
Openshift-gitops-operator: openshift gitops: namespace admin cluster takeover via privileged jobs
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 9.1 Critical
- Published
- Dec 15, 2025
- Updated
- Jan 22, 2026
- Reserved
- Dec 2, 2025
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 9.1 Critical | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H | redhat |
Weaknesses
- CWE-266 Incorrect Privilege Assignment
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
gitops-operatorredhat-developer |
|
Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.16Red Hat |
|
Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.17Red Hat |
|
Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.18Red Hat |
|
Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.18Red Hat |
|
Red Hat OpenShift GitOpsRed Hat |
References
- RHSA-2025:23203vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2025:23206vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2025:23207vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2026:1017vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-13888vdb-entry
- RHBZ#2418361issue-tracking
- https://github.com/redhat-developer/gitops-operator/commit/bc6ac3e03d7c8b3db5d8f1770c868396a4c2dcef
- https://github.com/redhat-developer/gitops-operator/pull/897
- https://github.com/redhat-developer/gitops-operator/releases/tag/v1.16.2
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