Improper Removal of Sensitive Information Before Storage or Transfer Affecting github.com/argoproj/gitops-engine/pkg/diff package, versions >=0.1.0
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- published25 May 2026
- disclosed19 May 2026
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 19 May 2026
CVE-2026-45737 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
A fix was pushed into the master branch but not yet published.
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.