# CVE-2025-23216: GO-2025-3433 - Argo CD does not scrub secret values from patch errors in github.com/argoproj/argo-cd

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-23216-argo-cd-does-not-scrub-secret-values-from-patch-errors  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2025-02-04  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2025-23216 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2025-02-04

Argo CD does not scrub secret values from patch errors in github.com/argoproj/argo-cd

Technologies: [github.com/argoproj/argo-cd (Go)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/github-com-argoproj-argo-cd), [github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 (Go)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/github-com-argoproj-argo-cd-v2). Vendors: [Go](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/go).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2025-23216 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-23216 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2025-23216?** Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 4 February 2025.

**Which products and versions are affected?** github.com/argoproj/argo-cd (Go) SEMVER:introduced=0, SEMVER:introduced=0,last_affected=1.8.7; github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 (Go) SEMVER:introduced=0,fixed=2.11.13,introduced=2.12.0,fixed=2.12.10,introduced=2.13.0,fixed=2.13.4, SEMVER:introduced=2.13.0,fixed=2.13.4.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2025-23216?** Yes. github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 (Go): upgrade to 2.13.4 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**Am I affected by CVE-2025-23216?** Check whether you run github.com/argoproj/argo-cd (Go) or github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 (Go) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## How to fix

- github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 (Go): upgrade to 2.13.4 or later

  ```sh
  go get github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2@v2.13.4
  ```


## Affected products

- github.com/argoproj/argo-cd (Go) SEMVER:introduced=0, SEMVER:introduced=0,last_affected=1.8.7
- github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2 (Go) SEMVER:introduced=0,fixed=2.11.13,introduced=2.12.0,fixed=2.12.10,introduced=2.13.0,fixed=2.13.4, SEMVER:introduced=2.13.0,fixed=2.13.4

## Identifiers

- CVE-2025-23216
- GHSA-47g2-qmh2-749v
- GO-2025-3433

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