Description
Argo Workflows is an open source container-native workflow engine for orchestrating parallel jobs on Kubernetes. Prior to 3.7.15 and 4.0.6, the allow-list fix for CVE-2026-31892 is incomplete because workflow/util/merge.go ValidateUserOverrides and SanitizeUserWorkflowSpec walk only the top-level fields of WorkflowSpec via reflection, and WorkflowSpec.ArtifactGC is allow-listed wholesale; the struct behind that field, WorkflowLevelArtifactGC, has a PodSpecPatch sub-field whose contents flow unmodified into util.ApplyPodSpecPatch on the artifact-GC pod, the same sink the original fix closed for WorkflowSpec.PodSpecPatch, so a user submitting a Workflow under templateReferencing: Strict or Secure (against a referenced WorkflowTemplate that declares an output artifact and setting spec.artifactGC.strategy: OnWorkflowCompletion) can still inject an arbitrary strategic merge patch into the artifact-GC pod, including hostPath volumes, privileged: true, arbitrary image and command, and hostNetwork: true, defeating the stated purpose of Strict/Secure reference mode. This issue is fixed in versions 3.7.15 and 4.0.6.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| argoproj | argo-workflows | < 3.7.15, >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.6 | — |
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 for SAP 16.0 | govulncheck-vulndb | 0.0.20260827T195228-160000.1.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:23625-1 |
| SLES 16.0 | govulncheck-vulndb | 0.0.20260827T195228-160000.1.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:23625-1 |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Leap 16.0 | govulncheck-vulndb | 0.0.20260827T195228-160000.1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2026:21761-1 |
Wolfi
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolfi rolling | kubeflow-pipelines-apiserver +3 | 2.17.0-r6 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | kubeflow-pipelines-metadata-writer-compat | 2.17.2-r4 | — |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Go | github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows | <= 2.5.3-rc4 | — | GHSA-48p8-g2fx-3wwm |
| Go | github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows | all versions | — | GO-2026-6223 |
| Go | github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/v2 | all versions | — | GO-2026-6223 |
| Go | github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/v3 | < 3.7.15 | 3.7.15 | GHSA-48p8-g2fx-3wwm |
| Go | github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/v4 | >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.6 | 4.0.6 | GHSA-48p8-g2fx-3wwm |
Advisories 2
- SUSE-SU-2026:23625-1 Security update for govulncheck-vulndb SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Sep 29, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2026:21761-1 Security update for govulncheck-vulndb SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Sep 9, 2026
References
- https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/security/advisories/GHSA-48p8-g2fx-3wwm
- https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/commit/277e9cef0ad16d7eaaab253573d0695951a65dbd
- https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/commit/358cc3968c8f06f1be0967e41df191088db0b662
- https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/releases/tag/v3.7.15
- https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/releases/tag/v4.0.6