VDB
CVE-2025-13888
CVE-2025-13888
PUBLISHED
CVSS 9.100000381469727 CRITICAL
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.
EPSS 0.05% · 16.3th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.1
9.100000381469727
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
0.05%
16.3th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| github.com | redhat-developer/gitops-operator | 0 |
| redhat-developer | gitops-operator | 0 |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.16 | sha256:c41c99f360a2515bce55c42e309e2c72500ba66d3a2c461412dee7de5ea9a9fa |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.17 | sha256:27e7a59bb5c5f60be7509e5f4f07f4181d62e6583a943c46f56f568bfc30c2c1 |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift GitOps | |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.18 | sha256:43ba408b8ed58259bf338fd29260d936fbde9846f772d0580b3e7486ef8ea300, sha256:3eb6308c58365182b4b5b5aabf35754d821e25b8a04b0595900fb47d52cd3ecc |
Exploit Intelligence
- CIRCL seen: CVE-2025-13888 (circl-sighting)
- CIRCL seen: CVE-2025-13888 (circl-sighting)
- RHSA-2025:23203 (circl)
- RHSA-2025:23206 (circl)
- RHSA-2025:23207 (circl)
- RHSA-2026:1017 (circl)
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-13888 (circl)
- RHBZ#2418361 (circl)
- https://github.com/redhat-developer/gitops-operator/commit/bc6ac3e03d7c8b3db5d8f1770c868396a4c2dcef (circl)
- https://github.com/redhat-developer/gitops-operator/pull/897 (circl)
…and 1 more exploits
Timeline
- May 26, 2025 Fix PR Merged
- Dec 15, 2025 CVE Published
- Dec 16, 2025 EPSS Score
- Dec 16, 2025 PoC Published
- Dec 20, 2025 EPSS Score
- Dec 24, 2025 EPSS Score
- Dec 28, 2025 EPSS Score
- Jan 1, 2026 EPSS Score
- Jan 5, 2026 EPSS Score
- Jan 9, 2026 EPSS Score
- Jan 13, 2026 EPSS Score
- Jan 17, 2026 EPSS Score
References
- RHSA-2025:23203 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2025:23206 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2025:23207 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2026:1017 vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-13888 vdb
- RHBZ#2418361 issue
- https://github.com/redhat-developer/gitops-operator/commit/bc6ac3e03d7c8b3db5d8f1770c868396a4c2dcef url
- https://github.com/redhat-developer/gitops-operator/pull/897 url
- https://github.com/redhat-developer/gitops-operator/releases/tag/v1.16.2 url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-13888 advisory
- https://github.com/redhat-developer/gitops-operator package