Race Condition Affecting argo-cd-2.13 package, versions <2.13.9-r5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.44% (36th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CHAINGUARDLATEST-ARGOCD213-15989950
  • published12 Apr 2026
  • disclosed30 Sept 2025

Introduced: 30 Sep 2025

CVE-2025-55191  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Chainguard argo-cd-2.13 to version 2.13.9-r5 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream argo-cd-2.13 package and not the argo-cd-2.13 package as distributed by Chainguard. See How to fix? for Chainguard relevant fixed versions and status.

Argo CD is a declarative, GitOps continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes. Versions between 2.1.0 and 2.14.19, 3.2.0-rc1, 3.1.0-rc1 through 3.1.7, and 3.0.0-rc1 through 3.0.18 contain a race condition in the repository credentials handler that can cause the Argo CD server to panic and crash when concurrent operations are performed on the same repository URL. The vulnerability is located in numerous repository related handlers in the util/db/repository_secrets.go file. A valid API token with repositories resource permissions (create, update, or delete actions) is required to trigger the race condition. This vulnerability causes the entire Argo CD server to crash and become unavailable. Attackers can repeatedly and continuously trigger the race condition to maintain a denial-of-service state, disrupting all GitOps operations. This issue is fixed in versions 2.14.20, 3.2.0-rc2, 3.1.8 and 3.0.19.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1