A flaw was found in ArgoCD Image Updater. This vulnerability allows an attacker, with permissions to create or modify an ImageUpdater resource in a multi-tenant environment, to bypass namespace boundaries. By exploiting insufficient validation, the attacker can trigger unauthorized image updates on applications managed by other tenants. This leads to cross-namespace privilege escalation, impacting application integrity through unauthorized application updates.
CVE-2026-6388
Score 9.1 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2026-04-16. NVD baseline CVSS 9.1; sources differ by 0.0.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 9.1
- EG Score
- 9.1(medium)
- EPSS
- 28.2%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
April 15, 2026
Last Modified
July 15, 2026
Advisory Details (2)
Auto-updated May 20, 20262458766 – (CVE-2026-6388) CVE-2026-6388 argocd-image-updater: ArgoCD Image Updater: Cross-Namespace Privilege Escalation via insufficient namespace validation
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2458766Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-6388(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Weakness Classification(1)
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