{"id":"CVE-2023-22482","aliases":["GHSA-q9hr-j4rf-8fjc","GO-2023-1520"],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2023-22482","summary":"JWT audience claim is not verified","details":"Argo CD is a declarative, GitOps continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes. Versions of Argo CD starting with v1.8.2 and prior to 2.3.13, 2.4.19, 2.5.6, and 2.6.0-rc-3  are vulnerable to an improper authorization bug causing the API to accept certain invalid tokens. OIDC providers include an `aud` (audience) claim in signed tokens. The value of that claim specifies the intended audience(s) of the token (i.e. the service or services which are meant to accept the token). Argo CD _does_ validate that the token was signed by Argo CD's configured OIDC provider. But Argo CD _does not_ validate the audience claim, so it will accept tokens that are not intended for Argo CD. If Argo CD's configured OIDC provider also serves other audiences (for example, a file storage service), then Argo CD will accept a token intended for one of those other audiences. Argo CD will grant the user privileges based on the token's `groups` claim, even though those groups were not intended to be used by Argo CD. This bug also increases the impact of a stolen token. If an attacker steals a valid token for a different audience, they can use it to access Argo CD. A patch for this vulnerability has been released in versions 2.6.0-rc3, 2.5.6, 2.4.19, and 2.3.13. There are no workarounds.","published":"2023-01-25T18:25:15.287Z","modified":"2026-08-08T03:47:43.614347220Z","cvss":{"score":9,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"epss":null,"cisaKev":null,"exploitsKnown":0,"affectedPackages":[{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd","fixedVersion":"2.3.14"},{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd","fixedVersion":"2.4.20"},{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd","fixedVersion":"2.5.8"},{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd","fixedVersion":"2.6.0-rc5"}],"fix":null,"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/22xxx/CVE-2023-22482.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/security/advisories/GHSA-q9hr-j4rf-8fjc"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-22482"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2026-08-08T03:47:43.614347220Z"}}