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Snyk test report

June 22nd 2025, 12:25:37 am (UTC+00:00)

Scanned the following path:
  • /argo-cd/manifests/install.yaml (Kubernetes)
44 total issues
Project manifests/install.yaml
Path /argo-cd/manifests/install.yaml
Project Type Kubernetes

Role or ClusterRole with dangerous permissions

high severity

  • Public ID: SNYK-CC-K8S-47
  • Introduced through: [DocId: 17] rules[5] resources
  • Line number: 24380

Impact

Using this role grants dangerous permissions. For a ClusterRole this would be considered high severity.

Remediation

Consider removing these permissions


Role or ClusterRole with dangerous permissions

medium severity

  • Public ID: SNYK-CC-K8S-47
  • Introduced through: [DocId: 10] rules[0] resources
  • Line number: 24060

Impact

Using this role grants dangerous permissions. For a ClusterRole this would be considered high severity.

Remediation

Consider removing these permissions


Role or ClusterRole with dangerous permissions

medium severity

  • Public ID: SNYK-CC-K8S-47
  • Introduced through: [DocId: 11] rules[4] resources
  • Line number: 24148

Impact

Using this role grants dangerous permissions. For a ClusterRole this would be considered high severity.

Remediation

Consider removing these permissions


Role or ClusterRole with dangerous permissions

medium severity

  • Public ID: SNYK-CC-K8S-47
  • Introduced through: [DocId: 12] rules[0] resources
  • Line number: 24176

Impact

Using this role grants dangerous permissions. For a ClusterRole this would be considered high severity.

Remediation

Consider removing these permissions


Role or ClusterRole with dangerous permissions

medium severity

  • Public ID: SNYK-CC-K8S-47
  • Introduced through: [DocId: 13] rules[1] resources
  • Line number: 24206

Impact

Using this role grants dangerous permissions. For a ClusterRole this would be considered high severity.

Remediation

Consider removing these permissions


Role or ClusterRole with dangerous permissions

medium severity

  • Public ID: SNYK-CC-K8S-47
  • Introduced through: [DocId: 13] rules[3] resources
  • Line number: 24224

Impact

Using this role grants dangerous permissions. For a ClusterRole this would be considered high severity.

Remediation

Consider removing these permissions


Role or ClusterRole with dangerous permissions

medium severity

  • Public ID: SNYK-CC-K8S-47
  • Introduced through: [DocId: 14] rules[0] resources
  • Line number: 24242

Impact

Using this role grants dangerous permissions. For a ClusterRole this would be considered high severity.

Remediation

Consider removing these permissions


Role or ClusterRole with dangerous permissions

medium severity

  • Public ID: SNYK-CC-K8S-47
  • Introduced through: [DocId: 15] rules[0] resources
  • Line number: 24264

Impact

Using this role grants dangerous permissions. For a ClusterRole this would be considered high severity.

Remediation

Consider removing these permissions


Container could be running with outdated image

low severity

  • Public ID: SNYK-CC-K8S-42
  • Introduced through: [DocId: 48] spec template spec initContainers[secret-init] imagePullPolicy
  • Line number: 25472

Impact

The container may run with outdated or unauthorized image

Remediation

Set `imagePullPolicy` attribute to `Always`


Container could be running with outdated image

low severity

  • Public ID: SNYK-CC-K8S-42
  • Introduced through: [DocId: 49] spec template spec initContainers[copyutil] imagePullPolicy
  • Line number: 25791

Impact

The container may run with outdated or unauthorized image

Remediation

Set `imagePullPolicy` attribute to `Always`


Container has no CPU limit

low severity

  • Public ID: SNYK-CC-K8S-5
  • Introduced through: [DocId: 45] input spec template spec containers[argocd-applicationset-controller] resources limits cpu
  • Line number: 24967

Impact

CPU limits can prevent containers from consuming valuable compute time for no benefit (e.g. inefficient code) that might lead to unnecessary costs. It is advisable to also configure CPU requests to ensure application stability.

Remediation

Add `resources.limits.cpu` field with required CPU limit value


Container has no CPU limit

low severity

  • Public ID: SNYK-CC-K8S-5
  • Introduced through: [DocId: 46] input spec template spec initContainers[copyutil] resources limits cpu
  • Line number: 25268

Impact

CPU limits can prevent containers from consuming valuable compute time for no benefit (e.g. inefficient code) that might lead to unnecessary costs. It is advisable to also configure CPU requests to ensure application stability.

Remediation

Add `resources.limits.cpu` field with required CPU limit value


Container has no CPU limit

low severity

  • Public ID: SNYK-CC-K8S-5
  • Introduced through: [DocId: 46] input spec template spec containers[dex] resources limits cpu
  • Line number: 25216

Impact

CPU limits can prevent containers from consuming valuable compute time for no benefit (e.g. inefficient code) that might lead to unnecessary costs. It is advisable to also configure CPU requests to ensure application stability.

Remediation

Add `resources.limits.cpu` field with required CPU limit value


Container has no CPU limit

low severity

  • Public ID: SNYK-CC-K8S-5
  • Introduced through: [DocId: 47] input spec template spec containers[argocd-notifications-controller] resources limits cpu
  • Line number: 25330

Impact

CPU limits can prevent containers from consuming valuable compute time for no benefit (e.g. inefficient code) that might lead to unnecessary costs. It is advisable to also configure CPU requests to ensure application stability.

Remediation

Add `resources.limits.cpu` field with required CPU limit value


Container has no CPU limit

low severity

  • Public ID: SNYK-CC-K8S-5
  • Introduced through: [DocId: 48] input spec template spec containers[redis] resources limits cpu
  • Line number: 25443

Impact

CPU limits can prevent containers from consuming valuable compute time for no benefit (e.g. inefficient code) that might lead to unnecessary costs. It is advisable to also configure CPU requests to ensure application stability.

Remediation

Add `resources.limits.cpu` field with required CPU limit value


Container has no CPU limit

low severity

  • Public ID: SNYK-CC-K8S-5
  • Introduced through: [DocId: 48] input spec template spec initContainers[secret-init] resources limits cpu
  • Line number: 25467

Impact

CPU limits can prevent containers from consuming valuable compute time for no benefit (e.g. inefficient code) that might lead to unnecessary costs. It is advisable to also configure CPU requests to ensure application stability.

Remediation

Add `resources.limits.cpu` field with required CPU limit value


Container has no CPU limit

low severity

  • Public ID: SNYK-CC-K8S-5
  • Introduced through: [DocId: 49] input spec template spec initContainers[copyutil] resources limits cpu
  • Line number: 25791

Impact

CPU limits can prevent containers from consuming valuable compute time for no benefit (e.g. inefficient code) that might lead to unnecessary costs. It is advisable to also configure CPU requests to ensure application stability.

Remediation

Add `resources.limits.cpu` field with required CPU limit value


Container has no CPU limit

low severity

  • Public ID: SNYK-CC-K8S-5
  • Introduced through: [DocId: 49] input spec template spec containers[argocd-repo-server] resources limits cpu
  • Line number: 25526

Impact

CPU limits can prevent containers from consuming valuable compute time for no benefit (e.g. inefficient code) that might lead to unnecessary costs. It is advisable to also configure CPU requests to ensure application stability.

Remediation

Add `resources.limits.cpu` field with required CPU limit value


Container has no CPU limit

low severity

  • Public ID: SNYK-CC-K8S-5
  • Introduced through: [DocId: 50] input spec template spec containers[argocd-server] resources limits cpu
  • Line number: 25878

Impact

CPU limits can prevent containers from consuming valuable compute time for no benefit (e.g. inefficient code) that might lead to unnecessary costs. It is advisable to also configure CPU requests to ensure application stability.

Remediation

Add `resources.limits.cpu` field with required CPU limit value


Container has no CPU limit

low severity

  • Public ID: SNYK-CC-K8S-5
  • Introduced through: [DocId: 51] input spec template spec containers[argocd-application-controller] resources limits cpu
  • Line number: 26288

Impact

CPU limits can prevent containers from consuming valuable compute time for no benefit (e.g. inefficient code) that might lead to unnecessary costs. It is advisable to also configure CPU requests to ensure application stability.

Remediation

Add `resources.limits.cpu` field with required CPU limit value


Container is running with multiple open ports

low severity

  • Public ID: SNYK-CC-K8S-36
  • Introduced through: [DocId: 46] spec template spec containers[dex] ports
  • Line number: 25248

Impact

Increases the attack surface of the application and the container.

Remediation

Reduce `ports` count to 2


Container is running without liveness probe

low severity

  • Public ID: SNYK-CC-K8S-41
  • Introduced through: [DocId: 45] spec template spec containers[argocd-applicationset-controller] livenessProbe
  • Line number: 24967

Impact

Kubernetes will not be able to detect if application is able to service requests, and will not restart unhealthy pods

Remediation

Add `livenessProbe` attribute


Container is running without liveness probe

low severity

  • Public ID: SNYK-CC-K8S-41
  • Introduced through: [DocId: 46] spec template spec containers[dex] livenessProbe
  • Line number: 25216

Impact

Kubernetes will not be able to detect if application is able to service requests, and will not restart unhealthy pods

Remediation

Add `livenessProbe` attribute


Container is running without liveness probe

low severity

  • Public ID: SNYK-CC-K8S-41
  • Introduced through: [DocId: 48] spec template spec containers[redis] livenessProbe
  • Line number: 25443

Impact

Kubernetes will not be able to detect if application is able to service requests, and will not restart unhealthy pods

Remediation

Add `livenessProbe` attribute


Container is running without memory limit

low severity

  • Public ID: SNYK-CC-K8S-4
  • Introduced through: [DocId: 45] input spec template spec containers[argocd-applicationset-controller] resources limits memory
  • Line number: 24967

Impact

Containers without memory limits are more likely to be terminated when the node runs out of memory

Remediation

Set `resources.limits.memory` value


Container is running without memory limit

low severity

  • Public ID: SNYK-CC-K8S-4
  • Introduced through: [DocId: 46] input spec template spec containers[dex] resources limits memory
  • Line number: 25216

Impact

Containers without memory limits are more likely to be terminated when the node runs out of memory

Remediation

Set `resources.limits.memory` value


Container is running without memory limit

low severity

  • Public ID: SNYK-CC-K8S-4
  • Introduced through: [DocId: 46] input spec template spec initContainers[copyutil] resources limits memory
  • Line number: 25268

Impact

Containers without memory limits are more likely to be terminated when the node runs out of memory

Remediation

Set `resources.limits.memory` value


Container is running without memory limit

low severity

  • Public ID: SNYK-CC-K8S-4
  • Introduced through: [DocId: 47] input spec template spec containers[argocd-notifications-controller] resources limits memory
  • Line number: 25330

Impact

Containers without memory limits are more likely to be terminated when the node runs out of memory

Remediation

Set `resources.limits.memory` value


Container is running without memory limit

low severity

  • Public ID: SNYK-CC-K8S-4
  • Introduced through: [DocId: 48] input spec template spec containers[redis] resources limits memory
  • Line number: 25443

Impact

Containers without memory limits are more likely to be terminated when the node runs out of memory

Remediation

Set `resources.limits.memory` value


Container is running without memory limit

low severity

  • Public ID: SNYK-CC-K8S-4
  • Introduced through: [DocId: 48] input spec template spec initContainers[secret-init] resources limits memory
  • Line number: 25467

Impact

Containers without memory limits are more likely to be terminated when the node runs out of memory

Remediation

Set `resources.limits.memory` value


Container is running without memory limit

low severity

  • Public ID: SNYK-CC-K8S-4
  • Introduced through: [DocId: 49] input spec template spec initContainers[copyutil] resources limits memory
  • Line number: 25791

Impact

Containers without memory limits are more likely to be terminated when the node runs out of memory

Remediation

Set `resources.limits.memory` value


Container is running without memory limit

low severity

  • Public ID: SNYK-CC-K8S-4
  • Introduced through: [DocId: 49] input spec template spec containers[argocd-repo-server] resources limits memory
  • Line number: 25526

Impact

Containers without memory limits are more likely to be terminated when the node runs out of memory

Remediation

Set `resources.limits.memory` value


Container is running without memory limit

low severity

  • Public ID: SNYK-CC-K8S-4
  • Introduced through: [DocId: 50] input spec template spec containers[argocd-server] resources limits memory
  • Line number: 25878

Impact

Containers without memory limits are more likely to be terminated when the node runs out of memory

Remediation

Set `resources.limits.memory` value


Container is running without memory limit

low severity

  • Public ID: SNYK-CC-K8S-4
  • Introduced through: [DocId: 51] input spec template spec containers[argocd-application-controller] resources limits memory
  • Line number: 26288

Impact

Containers without memory limits are more likely to be terminated when the node runs out of memory

Remediation

Set `resources.limits.memory` value


Container's or Pod's UID could clash with host's UID

low severity

  • Public ID: SNYK-CC-K8S-11
  • Introduced through: [DocId: 45] input spec template spec containers[argocd-applicationset-controller] securityContext runAsUser
  • Line number: 25138

Impact

UID of the container processes could clash with host's UIDs and lead to unintentional authorization bypass

Remediation

Set `securityContext.runAsUser` value to greater or equal than 10'000. SecurityContext can be set on both `pod` and `container` level. If both are set, then the container level takes precedence


Container's or Pod's UID could clash with host's UID

low severity

  • Public ID: SNYK-CC-K8S-11
  • Introduced through: [DocId: 46] input spec template spec initContainers[copyutil] securityContext runAsUser
  • Line number: 25276

Impact

UID of the container processes could clash with host's UIDs and lead to unintentional authorization bypass

Remediation

Set `securityContext.runAsUser` value to greater or equal than 10'000. SecurityContext can be set on both `pod` and `container` level. If both are set, then the container level takes precedence


Container's or Pod's UID could clash with host's UID

low severity

  • Public ID: SNYK-CC-K8S-11
  • Introduced through: [DocId: 46] input spec template spec containers[dex] securityContext runAsUser
  • Line number: 25251

Impact

UID of the container processes could clash with host's UIDs and lead to unintentional authorization bypass

Remediation

Set `securityContext.runAsUser` value to greater or equal than 10'000. SecurityContext can be set on both `pod` and `container` level. If both are set, then the container level takes precedence


Container's or Pod's UID could clash with host's UID

low severity

  • Public ID: SNYK-CC-K8S-11
  • Introduced through: [DocId: 47] input spec template spec containers[argocd-notifications-controller] securityContext runAsUser
  • Line number: 25375

Impact

UID of the container processes could clash with host's UIDs and lead to unintentional authorization bypass

Remediation

Set `securityContext.runAsUser` value to greater or equal than 10'000. SecurityContext can be set on both `pod` and `container` level. If both are set, then the container level takes precedence


Container's or Pod's UID could clash with host's UID

low severity

  • Public ID: SNYK-CC-K8S-11
  • Introduced through: [DocId: 48] input spec template spec containers[redis] securityContext runAsUser
  • Line number: 25460

Impact

UID of the container processes could clash with host's UIDs and lead to unintentional authorization bypass

Remediation

Set `securityContext.runAsUser` value to greater or equal than 10'000. SecurityContext can be set on both `pod` and `container` level. If both are set, then the container level takes precedence


Container's or Pod's UID could clash with host's UID

low severity

  • Public ID: SNYK-CC-K8S-11
  • Introduced through: [DocId: 48] input spec template spec initContainers[secret-init] securityContext runAsUser
  • Line number: 25474

Impact

UID of the container processes could clash with host's UIDs and lead to unintentional authorization bypass

Remediation

Set `securityContext.runAsUser` value to greater or equal than 10'000. SecurityContext can be set on both `pod` and `container` level. If both are set, then the container level takes precedence


Container's or Pod's UID could clash with host's UID

low severity

  • Public ID: SNYK-CC-K8S-11
  • Introduced through: [DocId: 49] input spec template spec initContainers[copyutil] securityContext runAsUser
  • Line number: 25798

Impact

UID of the container processes could clash with host's UIDs and lead to unintentional authorization bypass

Remediation

Set `securityContext.runAsUser` value to greater or equal than 10'000. SecurityContext can be set on both `pod` and `container` level. If both are set, then the container level takes precedence


Container's or Pod's UID could clash with host's UID

low severity

  • Public ID: SNYK-CC-K8S-11
  • Introduced through: [DocId: 49] input spec template spec containers[argocd-repo-server] securityContext runAsUser
  • Line number: 25764

Impact

UID of the container processes could clash with host's UIDs and lead to unintentional authorization bypass

Remediation

Set `securityContext.runAsUser` value to greater or equal than 10'000. SecurityContext can be set on both `pod` and `container` level. If both are set, then the container level takes precedence


Container's or Pod's UID could clash with host's UID

low severity

  • Public ID: SNYK-CC-K8S-11
  • Introduced through: [DocId: 50] input spec template spec containers[argocd-server] securityContext runAsUser
  • Line number: 26187

Impact

UID of the container processes could clash with host's UIDs and lead to unintentional authorization bypass

Remediation

Set `securityContext.runAsUser` value to greater or equal than 10'000. SecurityContext can be set on both `pod` and `container` level. If both are set, then the container level takes precedence


Container's or Pod's UID could clash with host's UID

low severity

  • Public ID: SNYK-CC-K8S-11
  • Introduced through: [DocId: 51] input spec template spec containers[argocd-application-controller] securityContext runAsUser
  • Line number: 26551

Impact

UID of the container processes could clash with host's UIDs and lead to unintentional authorization bypass

Remediation

Set `securityContext.runAsUser` value to greater or equal than 10'000. SecurityContext can be set on both `pod` and `container` level. If both are set, then the container level takes precedence