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TI-2025-38478 Aliases CVE-2025-62156GHSA-p84v-gxvw-73pf

argo-workflows Zip Slip path traversal allows arbitrary file write and container configuration overwrite

Priority HIGH 71CWE-22Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 1 fixed, 1 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat.

Summary

Argo Workflows is an open source container-native workflow engine for orchestrating parallel jobs on Kubernetes. Versions prior to 3.6.12 and versions 3.7.0 through 3.7.2 contain a Zip Slip path traversal vulnerability in artifact extraction. During artifact extraction the unpack/untar logic (workflow/executor/executor.go) uses filepath.Join(dest, filepath.Clean(header.Name)) without validating that header.Name stays within the intended extraction directory. A malicious archive entry can supply a traversal or absolute path that, after cleaning, overrides the destination directory and causes files to be written outside the /work/tmp extraction path and into system directories such as /etc inside the container. The vulnerability enables arbitrary file creation or overwrite in system configuration locations (for example /etc/passwd, /etc/hosts, /etc/crontab), which can lead to privilege escalation or persistence within the affected container. Update to 3.6.12 or 3.7.3 to remediate the issue.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00605 49th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Partial argo-workflows (argoproj): 3.6.12, 3.7.3github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/v3 (Go): 3.6.12, 3.7.3Red Hat: 1 advisoryRed Hat: 1 fixed, 1 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
argoprojargo-workflowsbefore 3.6.12; 3.7.0 to before 3.7.33.6.12, 3.7.3Patch availableCNA
—github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/v3 (Go)before 3.6.123.6.12Patch availableGHSA-p84v-gxvw-73pf
—github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/v3 (Go)3.7.0 to before 3.7.33.7.3Patch availableGHSA-p84v-gxvw-73pf
  • argo-workflows Vendorargoproj Affected before 3.6.12; 3.7.0 to before 3.7.3 Fixed in 3.6.12, 3.7.3 Patch available CNA
  • github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/v3 (Go) Vendor— Affected before 3.6.12 Fixed in 3.6.12 Patch available GHSA-p84v-gxvw-73pf
  • github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/v3 (Go) Vendor— Affected 3.7.0 to before 3.7.3 Fixed in 3.7.3 Patch available GHSA-p84v-gxvw-73pf

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_workflows:*:*:*:*:*:go:*:*before 3.6.12; 3.7.0 to before 3.7.3Vulnerableargoproj
  • cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_workflows:*:*:*:*:*:go:*:* Versions before 3.6.12; 3.7.0 to before 3.7.3 Vulnerable ·argoproj

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA argo-workflows (argoproj) Fixed in 3.6.12, 3.7.3
  • Fix · GHSA-p84v-gxvw-73pf github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/v3 (Go) Fixed in 3.6.12 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-p84v-gxvw-73pf github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/v3 (Go) Fixed in 3.7.3 Advisory →

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2025:22759 Released 2025-12-04 · Red Hat rating Important
    RHOAI 2.22.3 - Red Hat OpenShift AI
    • Red Hat OpenShift AI 2.22 registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-dashboard-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-data-science-pipelines-argo-argoexec-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-data-science-pipelines-operator-controller-rhel9 +8

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI)AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat OpenShift AI 2.22Fixed RHSA-2025:22759
Not affected: 2 products
  • Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI)
  • Red Hat OpenShift AI 2.22

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-62156
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-p84v-gxvw-73pf

References

Exploit 1

Patch 2

Advisory 1

Other 3

  • TI-2026-22564 Argo Workflows has unauthorized access to Argo Workflows Template CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-30603 Argo Workflows: Unauthenticated Memory Exhaustion (DoS) in Webhook Interceptor CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.2
  • TI-2026-39371 Argo Workflows: Incomplete fix for CVE-2026-31892: ArtifactGC.PodSpecPatch bypass of Strict/Secure templateReferencing CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.9
  • TI-2026-24444 WorkflowTemplate Security Bypass via podSpecPatch in Strict/Secure Reference Mode CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.9
  • TI-2026-30604 Argo Workflows: Exposure of artifact repository credentials CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.5
  • TI-2026-30606 Argo Workflows Is Missing Authorization in Sync ConfigMap Provider CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.5
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