Improper Removal of Sensitive Information Before Storage or Transfer Affecting github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/gitops-engine/pkg/diff package, versions >=3.2.0 <3.2.12>=3.3.0-rc1 <3.3.10>=3.4.0-rc1 <3.4.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
0.52% (42nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMARGOPROJARGOCDGITOPSENGINEPKGDIFF-16874296
  • published25 May 2026
  • disclosed19 May 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 19 May 2026

CVE-2026-45737  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-212  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/gitops-engine/pkg/diff to version 3.2.12, 3.3.10, 3.4.2 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Removal of Sensitive Information Before Storage or Transfer in the HideSecretData() function that fails to mask predictedLive argument for --server-side-diff command. An attacker can extract last-applied-configuration which may contain a JSON-serialized Secret manifest with sensitive values.

Note:

github.com/argoproj/gitops-engine module migrated to github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/gitops-engine.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1