Incorrect Privilege Assignment Affecting github.com/redhat-developer/gitops-operator/controllers package, versions <1.16.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.7% (50th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMREDHATDEVELOPERGITOPSOPERATORCONTROLLERS-14459397
  • published17 Dec 2025
  • disclosed15 Dec 2025
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 15 Dec 2025

CVE-2025-13888  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-266  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade github.com/redhat-developer/gitops-operator/controllers to version 1.16.2 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Incorrect Privilege Assignment via the processing of ArgoCD Custom Resources. A namespace admin can gain elevated privileges and execute arbitrary workloads with root access on master nodes by crafting malicious custom resources after authenticating.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1