CVE-2025-62156

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

Published Oct 14, 2025 CVSS 3.1 · 8.1 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-p84v-gxvw-73pf Argo Workflow has a Zipslip Vulnerability
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared 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 argo Workflows
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Argo Workflows Project
Argo Workflows Project argo Workflows
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:argo_workflows_project:argo_workflows:*:*:*:*:*:kubernetes:*:*
Vendors & Products Argo Workflows Project
Argo Workflows Project argo Workflows
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Argoproj
Argoproj argo-workflows
Vendors & Products Argoproj
Argoproj argo-workflows
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description 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.
Title argo-workflows Zip Slip path traversal allows arbitrary file write and container configuration overwrite
Weaknesses CWE-22
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Oct 14, 2025, 4:04 PM
Reserved
Oct 7, 2025, 4:12 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Oct 14, 2025, 3:16 PM
Modified
Oct 8, 2026, 12:10 PM
Severity
Important
Public date
Oct 14, 2025, 2:52 PM