A flaw was found in the OpenShift GitOps operator. The ClusterRole reconciler does not validate resource ownership when reconciling ClusterRole objects. A namespace-scoped Argo CD instance can trigger deletion of a ClusterRole owned by a cluster-scoped Argo CD instance by crafting a name collision, resulting in a denial of service.
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Description A flaw was found in the OpenShift GitOps operator. The ClusterRole reconciler does not validate resource ownership when reconciling ClusterRole objects. A namespace-scoped Argo CD instance can trigger deletion of a ClusterRole owned by a cluster-scoped Argo CD instance by crafting a name collision, resulting in a denial of service.
Title Gitops-operator: gitops-operator: missing allowednamespace check in reconcilerhook for clusterrole/role cases enables potential privilege escalation and dos
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat openshift Gitops
Weaknesses CWE-862
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_gitops:1
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat openshift Gitops
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-15T07:01:00.229Z

Reserved: 2026-06-30T14:20:10.616Z

Link: CVE-2026-14251

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cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-07-06T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2026-14251 - Bugzilla

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