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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| argoproj | argo-workflows | < 3.6.12, >= 3.7.0, < 3.7.3 | — |
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.
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | govulncheck-vulndb | 0.0.20251105T184115-1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2025:15710-1 |
| openSUSE Leap 16.0 | govulncheck-vulndb | 0.0.20260723T184607-160000.1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1 |
Wolfi
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolfi rolling | argo-workflows-3.7 +3 | 3.7.3-r0 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | argo-workflows-4.0 +2 | 4.0.2-r0 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | kubeflow-pipelines +11 | 2.14.3-r3 | — |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Go | github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows | all versions | — | GO-2025-4023 |
| Go | github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/v2 | all versions | — | GO-2025-4023 |
| Go | github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/v3 | < 3.6.12 | 3.6.12 | GHSA-p84v-gxvw-73pf |
| Go | github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/v3 | >= 3.7.0, < 3.7.3 | 3.7.3 | GHSA-p84v-gxvw-73pf |
| Go | github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/v3 | < 3.6.12 · >= 3.7.0, < 3.7.3 | 3.6.12, 3.7.3 | GO-2025-4023 |
Advisories 2
- openSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1 Security update for govulncheck-vulndb SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Jul 31, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2025:15710-1 govulncheck-vulndb-0.0.20251105T184115-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Mar 23, 2026
References
- https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/security/advisories/GHSA-p84v-gxvw-73pf
- https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/commit/5659ad9b641fcf52c04ed594cd6493f9170f6011
- https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/commit/9f6bc5d236cd1b24d607943384511d71ad17a4c3
- https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/blob/946a2d6b9ac3309371fe47f49ae94c33ca7d488d/workflow/executor/executor.go#L993