CVE-2025-13888

CRITICALNVD 9.19.1—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This critical-severity CVE scores 9.1 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.0%, top 89% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, nvd
9.1
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 1%CVSS: 9.1Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

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.

CVSS v3
9.1
EG Score
9.1(medium)
EPSS
46.6%
KEV
Not listed

Published

December 15, 2025

Last Modified

April 15, 2026

Advisory Details (9)

Auto-updated May 21, 2026
Patch available. Sources: redhat.
generic

Release v1.16.2 · redhat-developer/gitops-operator · GitHub

https://github.com/redhat-developer/gitops-operator/releases/tag/v1.16.2
generic

cherrypick fix CVE namespace-isolation break by anandrkskd · Pull Request #897 · redhat-developer/gitops-operator · GitHub

https://github.com/redhat-developer/gitops-operator/pull/897
generic

fix CVE namespace-isolation break (#897) · redhat-developer/gitops-operator@bc6ac3e · GitHub

https://github.com/redhat-developer/gitops-operator/commit/bc6ac3e03d7c8b3db5d8f1770c868396a4c2dcef
redhat

2418361 – (CVE-2025-13888) CVE-2025-13888 openshift-gitops-operator: OpenShift GitOps: Namespace Admin Cluster Takeover via Privileged Jobs

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2418361
redhat Patch Available

cve-details

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-13888
redhat Patch Available
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:1017
redhat Patch Available
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23207
redhat Patch Available
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23206
redhat Patch Available
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:23203

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2025-13888(4)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(4)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
redhatopenshift-gitops-1/gitops-rhel8-operator:sha256:10aa721d5a3c55fad979603898fa3b5d504c4911559b8615edfce9a5d0653ff02026-01-22redhat
redhatopenshift-gitops-1/gitops-rhel8-operator:sha256:52b550b043480277626e591ec85b832e91f69b5f91dd72fc8823788635f0eb112025-12-15redhat
redhatopenshift-gitops-1/gitops-rhel8-operator:sha256:27e7a59bb5c5f60be7509e5f4f07f4181d62e6583a943c46f56f568bfc30c2c12025-12-15redhat
redhatopenshift-gitops-1/gitops-rhel8-operator:sha256:1e382dc8429f5224c1e353f08d99af1be092d960b0d9f98db495aeee314ff5102025-12-15redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Go(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
github.com/redhat-developer/gitops-operator———

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2025-13888?
CVE-2025-13888 is a critical vulnerability published on December 15, 2025. 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…
When was CVE-2025-13888 disclosed?
CVE-2025-13888 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on December 15, 2025, with the most recent update on April 15, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2025-13888 actively exploited?
CVE-2025-13888 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 46.6% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-13888?
CVE-2025-13888 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.1 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2025-13888?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2025-13888, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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