Argo Workflows: Exposure of artifact repository credentials
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · None
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 1 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-522.
Summary
Argo Workflows is an open source container-native workflow engine for orchestrating parallel jobs on Kubernetes. From version 4.0.0 to before version 4.0.5, the workflow executor logs all artifact repository credentials (S3 access keys, secret keys, GCS service account keys, Azure account keys, Git passwords, etc.) in plaintext on artifact operation. Any user with read access to workflow pod logs can extract these credentials. This issue has been patched in version 4.0.5.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- 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 4.0.5 | 4.0.5 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/v4 (Go) | 4.0.0 to before 4.0.5 | 4.0.5 | Patch available | GHSA-7vf8-2cr6-54mf |
- argo-workflows Vendorargoproj Affected 4.0.0 to before 4.0.5 Fixed in 4.0.5 Patch available CNA
- github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/v4 (Go) Vendor— Affected 4.0.0 to before 4.0.5 Fixed in 4.0.5 Patch available GHSA-7vf8-2cr6-54mf
Remediation
- Fix · CNA argo-workflows (argoproj) Fixed in 4.0.5
- Fix · GHSA-7vf8-2cr6-54mf github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/v4 (Go) Fixed in 4.0.5 Advisory →
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-42295
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7vf8-2cr6-54mf
References
Other 5
- https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/releases/tag/v4.0.5
- https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/security/advisories/GHSA-c2hv-4pfj-mm2r
- https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/commit/bdd40908580f727c590c8743836e338b04fe4a87
- https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows
- https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/blob/59f1089b9875723ddffd524513e6bd5cb37e5e31/workflow/artifacts/logging/driver.go#L24
More argoproj Argo Workflows vulnerabilities
- 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-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-2026-42295 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-42295 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-7vf8-2cr6-54mf · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-42295 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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