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Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-1345-03
Red Hat Security Advisory 2024-1345-03 - An update is now available for Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.10. Issues addressed include a cross site scripting vulnerability.
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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: Red Hat OpenShift GitOps security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2024:1345-03
Product: Red Hat OpenShift GitOps
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1345
Issue date: 2024-03-15
Revision: 03
CVE Names: CVE-2024-28175
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Summary:
An update is now available for Red Hat OpenShift GitOps 1.10.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description:
Red Hat Openshift GitOps is a declarative way to implement continuous deployment for cloud native applications.
Security Fix(es):
- Before this update, due to the improper filtering of URL protocols in the Argo CD application summary component, an attacker could achieve cross-site scripting with permission to edit the application. This update fixes the issue by upgrading the Argo CD version to v2.8.12 which has the fix applied and is therefore not vulnerable (CVE-2024-28175)
Solution:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
CVEs:
CVE-2024-28175
References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
https://docs.openshift.com/gitops/1.10/understanding_openshift_gitops/about-redhat-openshift-gitops.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2268518
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