Description
Argo Workflows is an open source container-native workflow engine for orchestrating parallel jobs on Kubernetes. Due to a race condition in a global variable in 3.6.0-rc1, the argo workflows controller can be made to crash on-command by any user with access to execute a workflow. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.6.0-rc2.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| argoproj | argo-workflows | >= 3.6.0-rc1, < 3.6.0-rc2 | — |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
SUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLES 15 SP6 | govulncheck-vulndb | 0.0.20241030T212825-150000.1.9.1 | SUSE-SU-2024:3911-1 |
| SLES 15 SP5 | govulncheck-vulndb | 0.0.20241030T212825-150000.1.9.1 | SUSE-SU-2024:3911-1 |
Show 1 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUSE Package Hub 12 | govulncheck-vulndb | 0.0.20241104T154416-5.1 | openSUSE-SU-2024:0350-1 |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | govulncheck-vulndb | 0.0.20241030T212825-1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2024:14447-1 |
| openSUSE Leap 15.6 | govulncheck-vulndb | 0.0.20241030T212825-150000.1.9.1 | SUSE-SU-2024:3911-1 |
| openSUSE Leap 15.5 | govulncheck-vulndb | 0.0.20241030T212825-150000.1.9.1 | SUSE-SU-2024:3911-1 |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Go | github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows | all versions | — | GO-2024-3226 |
| Go | github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/v2 | all versions | — | GO-2024-3226 |
| Go | github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/v3 | >= 3.6.0-rc1, < 3.6.0-rc2 | 3.6.0-rc2 | GHSA-ghjw-32xw-ffwr |
Advisories 3
- SUSE-SU-2024:3911-1 Security update for govulncheck-vulndb SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 5, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2024:0350-1 Security update for govulncheck-vulndb SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2024:14447-1 govulncheck-vulndb-0.0.20241030T212825-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
References
- https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/security/advisories/GHSA-ghjw-32xw-ffwr
- https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/pull/13641
- https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/commit/524406451f4dfa57bf3371fb85becdb56a2b309a
- https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/blob/ce7f9bfb9b45f009b3e85fabe5e6410de23c7c5f/workflow/metrics/metrics_k8s_request.go#L75