No exploitation reported

CVE-2025-61560

Race Condition in Argo CD Session Manager Enables Brute‑Force Attack

No exploitation reported by the sources we read.

Published2026-10-09
WeaknessCWE-362

Am I affected?

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Description

A race condition vulnerability in the SessionManager of CNCF: Cloud Native Computing Foundation Argo CD v3.0.6 allows attackers to bypass rate limiting and perform a brute force attack via repeated crafted requests.

Timeline

dates in UTC

2026-10-0917:16CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 18:48 UTC

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Distribution builds and vendor advisories

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Vendor advisories

CVE-2025-61560 Red Hat Product Security6 known affected
github.com/argoproj/argo-cd: argo-cd: Rate limit bypass via race condition in SessionManager
odf4/odf-multicluster-rhel9-operator as a component of Red Hat Openshift Data Foundation 4 · openshift-gitops-1/argocd-agent-rhel9 as a component of Red Hat OpenShift GitOps · openshift-gitops-1/argocd-image-updater-rhel9 as a component of Red Hat OpenShift GitOps · +3 more

Full record on NVD

Fix

Workaround from the vendor Red Hat Product Security CVE-2025-61560 · 6 productsTo reduce exposure to brute-force attempts against authentication endpoints: 1. Rely on an external identity provider (such as Red Hat OpenShift OAuth or an enterprise SSO/OIDC provider) and disable the built-in local admin account by setting `admin.enabled: "false"` within the `argocd-cm` ConfigM…
No fix available, says the vendor Red Hat Product Security CVE-2025-61560 · 6 productsAffected

Detection

Nuclei template: none so far
Exploit-DB: no entry
Proof-of-concept repositories: none listed

Sources

NVDCVE recordread 2026-10-23
CISA-ADPSSVC decisionnone2026-10-19
OpenCVESSVC decisionnone—
CISA-ADPCVSS 3.18.12026-10-19
CISA-ADPweakness (CWE)CWE-3622026-10-19
FIRST EPSSEPSS score0.3 %2026-10-22

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published: 2026-10-09
Last Modified: 2026-10-19
NVD status: Awaiting Analysis

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-61560?

Is CVE-2025-61560 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2025-61560 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 0.3% on 2026-10-22, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-61560?

CVE-2025-61560 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.1 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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