---
id: CVE-2025-13888
title: A flaw was found in OpenShift GitOps
summary: >-
  A flaw was found in OpenShift GitOps. Namespace admins can create ArgoCD
  Custom Resources (CRs) that trick the system into granting them elevated
  permissions in other namespaces, including privileged namespaces. An
  authenticated attacker…
severity: critical
cvss: 9.1
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-266
published: '2025-12-15'
updated: '2026-09-30'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-30T20:10:00.247'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-13888'
references:
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23203'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23206'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23207'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:1017'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-13888'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2418361'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/redhat-developer/gitops-operator/commit/bc6ac3e03d7c8b3db5d8f1770c868396a4c2dcef
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://github.com/redhat-developer/gitops-operator/pull/897'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
  - url: 'https://github.com/redhat-developer/gitops-operator/releases/tag/v1.16.2'
    label: secalert@redhat.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00691
epssPercentile: 0.51009
ingestedAt: '2026-09-30T20:23:19.454Z'
---

## Overview

A flaw was found in OpenShift GitOps. Namespace admins can create ArgoCD Custom Resources (CRs) that trick the system into granting them elevated permissions in other namespaces, including privileged namespaces. An authenticated attacker can then use these elevated permissions to create privileged workloads that run on master nodes, effectively giving them root access to the entire cluster.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.