CVE-2022-29164

Privilege Escalation in argo-workflows

Published May 5, 2022 CVSS 3.1 · 7.1 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Argo Workflows is an open source container-native workflow engine for orchestrating parallel jobs on Kubernetes. In affected versions an attacker can create a workflow which produces a HTML artifact containing an HTML file that contains a script which uses XHR calls to interact with the Argo Server API. The attacker emails the deep-link to the artifact to their victim. The victim opens the link, the script starts running. As the script has access to the Argo Server API (as the victim), so may read information about the victim’s workflows, or create and delete workflows. Note the attacker must be an insider: they must have access to the same cluster as the victim and must already be able to run their own workflows. The attacker must have an understanding of the victim’s system. We have seen no evidence of this in the wild. We urge all users to upgrade to the fixed versions.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-3599 Argo Workflows is an open source container-native workflow engine for orchestrating parallel jobs on Kubernetes. In affected versions an attacker can create a workflow which produces a HTML artifact containing an HTML file that contains a script which uses XHR calls to interact with the Argo Server API. The attacker emails the deep-link to the artifact to their victim. The victim opens the link, the script starts running. As the script has access to the Argo Server API (as the victim), so may read information about the victim’s workflows, or create and delete workflows. Note the attacker must be an insider: they must have access to the same cluster as the victim and must already be able to run their own workflows. The attacker must have an understanding of the victim’s system. We have seen no evidence of this in the wild. We urge all users to upgrade to the fixed versions.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-cmv8-6362-r5w9 Malicious HTML+XHR Artifact Privilege Escalation in Argo Workflows
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Argoproj
Argoproj argo Workflows
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:argo_workflows_project:argo_workflows:*:*:*:*:*:kubernetes:*:* cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_workflows:*:*:*:*:*:go:*:*
Vendors & Products Argo Workflows Project
Argo Workflows Project argo Workflows
Argoproj
Argoproj argo Workflows
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Apr 23, 2025, 6:30 PM
Reserved
Apr 13, 2022, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
May 6, 2022, 12:15 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 4:39 AM