# ArgoCD ServerSideDiff is vulnerable to Kubernetes Secret Extraction

Advisory record · `GHSA-3v3m-wc6v-x4x3`

- **Identifiers:** `GHSA-3v3m-wc6v-x4x3` · `BIT-argo-cd-2026-42880` · `CVE-2026-42880` · `CVE-2026-43824` · `GO-2026-5099`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 9.6 Critical
- **Critical:** Yes: CVSS 9+
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-200](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/200.html) · [CWE-201](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/201.html) · [CWE-212](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/212.html) · [CWE-312](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/312.html)
- **Tags:** [Information disclosure](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/info-disclosure.md) · [CWE-212](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/cwe-212.md)
- **Published:** 7 May 2026
- **Updated:** 21 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 7 May 2026, 01:56 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

## Critical

Critical, because:

- CVSS score 9.6: 9.0 or more.

How we decide what’s critical: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

## Affected packages

- `github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v3` (Go): affected `>=3.2.0, <3.2.11 || >=3.3.0, <3.3.9`; fixed in `3.2.11`, `3.3.9`

## Machine-written summary

Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.

> Argo CD (github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v3) versions 3.2.0 before 3.2.11 and 3.3.0 before 3.3.9 are affected. An authenticated user with read-only Argo CD access, such as the default catch-all role, can call the ServerSideDiff endpoint to obtain plaintext Kubernetes Secret data, including tokens, certificates and credentials. This applies to Applications with the IncludeMutationWebhook=true compare option, and the source says extraction works only when a non-Argo CD field manager owns the Secret's data fields. Upgrade to version 3.2.11 or 3.3.9.

Written 1 Nov 2026.

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our analysis of this Advisory yet. Once a person has reviewed it, this page will say what’s vulnerable, what has to be true for your app to be affected, and how to check.

## Severity and exploitation

- 9.6 Critical, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N`, from CNA (GitHub_M)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0065, the 51st percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

- 31 Oct 2026, 14:11 UTC: First seen by agentprime
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:11 UTC: [Confirmed by OSV](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-3v3m-wc6v-x4x3)

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-3v3m-wc6v-x4x3](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3v3m-wc6v-x4x3)
- [OSV: GHSA-3v3m-wc6v-x4x3](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-3v3m-wc6v-x4x3)
- <https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/security/advisories/GHSA-3v3m-wc6v-x4x3>
- <https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-42880>
- <https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd>

Facts on this page come from the GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY 4.0), OSV and the other sources listed, as published. We don’t reproduce full advisory descriptions, which can contain exploit code.

## Check whether this affects you

A Match means an installed version is in the affected range above. Most don’t affect the app; agentprime hasn’t analysed this one yet.

- With the agentprime MCP server (<https://api.agentprime.io/mcp>), ask your agent to check the project: `check_lockfile` sends a lockfile, `check_packages` a list of installed packages, and both return the Matches and the upgrades that clear them. `get_advisory` returns this record. Setup: <https://agentprime.io/mcp.md>
- In a browser: <https://agentprime.io/check/> reads your lockfile in the browser, never uploading it.
- Whether it touches your code, with file and line: the Claude Code plugin, <https://agentprime.io/plugin.md>
- As JSON: <https://api.agentprime.io/v1/advisories/GHSA-3v3m-wc6v-x4x3>, or `POST https://api.agentprime.io/v1/match` with your packages (<https://agentprime.io/api.md>)

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