CVE-2026-42297 PUBLISHED

Argo Workflows Is Missing Authorization in Sync ConfigMap Provider

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 26.04.2026 Published: 09.05.2026 Updated: 09.05.2026

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 Sync Service's ConfigMap-backed provider (server/sync/sync_cm.go) performs zero authorization checks on all CRUD operations (create, read, update, delete). Any authenticated user — including those using fake Bearer tokens — can create, read, update, and delete Kubernetes ConfigMaps containing synchronization limits. This issue has been patched in version 4.0.5.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:H/SA:H
CVSS Score: 8.5

Product Status

Vendor argoproj
Product argo-workflows
Versions
  • Version >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.5 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-862: Missing Authorization CWE