Argo Workflows has unauthorized access to Argo Workflows Template
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass, Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-863 and CWE-200.
Summary
Argo Workflows is an open source container-native workflow engine for orchestrating parallel jobs on Kubernetes. Prior to 4.0.2 and 3.7.11, Workflow templates endpoints allow any client to retrieve WorkflowTemplates (and ClusterWorkflowTemplates). Any request with a Authorization: Bearer nothing token can leak sensitive template content, including embedded Secret manifests. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.0.2 and 3.7.11.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| argoproj | argo-workflows | 4.0.0 to before 4.0.2; before 3.7.11 | 4.0.2, 3.7.11 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/v3 (Go) | 3.7.0 to before 3.7.11 | 3.7.11 | Patch available | GHSA-56px-hm34-xqj5 |
| — | github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/v4 (Go) | before 4.0.2 | 4.0.2 | Patch available | GHSA-56px-hm34-xqj5 |
- argo-workflows Vendorargoproj Affected 4.0.0 to before 4.0.2; before 3.7.11 Fixed in 4.0.2, 3.7.11 Patch available CNA
- github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/v3 (Go) Vendor— Affected 3.7.0 to before 3.7.11 Fixed in 3.7.11 Patch available GHSA-56px-hm34-xqj5
- github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/v4 (Go) Vendor— Affected before 4.0.2 Fixed in 4.0.2 Patch available GHSA-56px-hm34-xqj5
Remediation
- Fix · CNA argo-workflows (argoproj) Fixed in 4.0.2, 3.7.11
- Fix · GHSA-56px-hm34-xqj5 github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/v3 (Go) Fixed in 3.7.11 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-56px-hm34-xqj5 github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/v4 (Go) Fixed in 4.0.2 Advisory →
Red Hat 1 advisory
- RHSA-2026:10184 Released 2026-04-23 · Red Hat rating ImportantRHOAI 2.25.5 - Red Hat OpenShift AI
- Red Hat OpenShift AI 2.25 registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-caikit-nlp-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-caikit-tgis-serving-rhel9, registry.redhat.io/rhoai/odh-dashboard-rhel9 +47
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat OpenShift AI 2.25 | Fixed | RHSA-2026:10184 |
Not affected: 2 products
- Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI)
- Red Hat OpenShift AI 2.25
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-28229
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-56px-hm34-xqj5
References
More argoproj Argo Workflows vulnerabilities
- 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-2025-38478 argo-workflows Zip Slip path traversal allows arbitrary file write and container configuration overwrite CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-30606 Argo Workflows Is Missing Authorization in Sync ConfigMap Provider CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.5
Sources
- CVE-2026-28229 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-28229 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-56px-hm34-xqj5 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-28229 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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