1 Service Accounts
1 Workloads
10 Bindings
2 Critical
1 High
1 Medium
6 Low
Image risk: Exploited
· 1 KEV
Image CVEs × RBAC
Riskiest combinations
Workloads whose ServiceAccount has Critical or High RBAC risk and whose image carries known-exploited (CISA KEV) or likely-exploitable CVEs.
Image CVEs: Trivy 0.76.1 + cve.now enrichment, as of 2026-11-07. Default chart images only; a CVE in an image is not proof it is exploitable in this workload. Methodology
Description
A Helm chart for Argo CD Image Updater, a tool to automatically update the container images of Kubernetes workloads which are managed by Argo CD
Overview
| Identity | Namespace | Automount | Secrets | Permissions | Workloads | Risk | CVEs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
argocd-image-updater | default | — | 10 | 1 | Critical | Exploited KEV 1 1 crit · 7 high |
Numbers in the last two columns indicate how many bindings or workloads involve each ServiceAccount.
Identities
argocd-image-updater
Namespace: default | Automount:
Permissions (10)
| Role | Resource | Verbs | Risk | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Role argocd-image-updater-leader-election-role | coordination.k8s.io/leases | create · delete · get · list · patch · update · watch | Critical | ControlPlaneDisruption CriticalNamespace DenialOfService Tampering |
Role argocd-image-updater | core/secrets | get · list · watch | Critical | CredentialAccess DataExposure InformationDisclosure SecretAccess |
Role argocd-image-updater-leader-election-role | core/configmaps | create · delete · get · list · patch · update · watch | High | ConfigMapAccess DataExposure InformationDisclosure PotentialPrivilegeEscalation Tampering |
Role argocd-image-updater | core/configmaps | get · list · watch | Medium | ConfigMapAccess DataExposure InformationDisclosure |
ClusterRole argocd-image-updater | argoproj.io/applications | get · list · patch · update · watch | Low | |
ClusterRole argocd-image-updater | core/events | create | Low | |
Role argocd-image-updater-leader-election-role | core/events | create · patch | Low | |
ClusterRole argocd-image-updater | argocd-image-updater.argoproj.io/imageupdaters | create · delete · get · list · patch · update · watch | Low | |
ClusterRole argocd-image-updater | argocd-image-updater.argoproj.io/imageupdaters/finalizers | update | Low | |
ClusterRole argocd-image-updater | argocd-image-updater.argoproj.io/imageupdaters/status | get · patch · update | Low |
Potential Abuse (5)
The following security risks were found based on the above permissions:
- Read secrets in a namespace
- Read ConfigMaps in a namespace
- Modify ConfigMaps in a namespace
- Manage Leases in kube-system or kube-node-lease namespace
Workloads (1)
| Kind | Name | Container | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deployment | argocd-image-updater-controller | argocd-image-updater-controller | quay.io/argoprojlabs/argocd-image-updater:v1.4.0 Exploited
KEV 1
1 critical · 7 high Top 8 of 38 CVEs
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