Secret disclosure via unmasked ServerSideDiff states
Published May 2, 2026 · Updated May 2, 2026
Information disclosure in Argo CD 3.2.0 through 3.2.10 and 3.3.0 through 3.3.8 allows remote authenticated users to read Kubernetes Secrets. The ServerSideDiff gRPC/REST handler returns raw PredictedLive and NormalizedLive states without applying the secret masking used by other resource endpoints. Exploitation requires application get permission, IncludeMutationWebhook=true, and Secret data owned by a non-Argo CD field manager; successful requests expose cleartext credentials and tokens.
Summary
What happened
Information disclosure in Argo CD 3.2.0 through 3.2.10 and 3.3.0 through 3.3.8 allows remote authenticated users to read Kubernetes Secrets. The ServerSideDiff gRPC/REST handler returns raw PredictedLive and NormalizedLive states without applying the secret masking used by other resource endpoints. Exploitation requires application get permission, IncludeMutationWebhook=true, and Secret data owned by a non-Argo CD field manager; successful requests expose cleartext credentials and tokens.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-43824
- Published
- May 2, 2026
- Updated
- May 2, 2026
- Vendor
- Argo Project
- Product
- Argo CD
- Classifications
- CWE-212, T1552.007
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- May 2, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 2, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=3.2.0 <3.2.11
- Affected versionversion=3.3.0 <3.3.9
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Public exploit references
- Argo CD ServerSideDiff Secret Extraction PoCproof of concept · demonstrated
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