Argo Workflows is an open source container-native workflow engine for orchestrating parallel jobs on Kubernetes. Prior to versions 3.7.14 and 4.0.5, the Webhook Interceptor loads the entire request body into memory before authenticating the request or verifying its signature. This occurs on the /api/v1/events/ endpoint, which is publicly accessible (albeit intended for webhooks). An attacker can send a request with an extremely large body (e.g., multiple gigabytes), causing the Argo Server to allocate excessive memory, potentially leading to an Out-Of-Memory (OOM) crash and denial of service. This issue has been patched in versions 3.7.14 and 4.0.5.

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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-jcc8-g2q4-9fxq Argo Vulnerable to Unauthenticated Memory Exhaustion (DoS) in Webhook Interceptor
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Sat, 09 May 2026 05:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Argoproj
Argoproj argo-workflows
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Argoproj argo-workflows

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Description Argo Workflows is an open source container-native workflow engine for orchestrating parallel jobs on Kubernetes. Prior to versions 3.7.14 and 4.0.5, the Webhook Interceptor loads the entire request body into memory before authenticating the request or verifying its signature. This occurs on the /api/v1/events/ endpoint, which is publicly accessible (albeit intended for webhooks). An attacker can send a request with an extremely large body (e.g., multiple gigabytes), causing the Argo Server to allocate excessive memory, potentially leading to an Out-Of-Memory (OOM) crash and denial of service. This issue has been patched in versions 3.7.14 and 4.0.5.
Title Argo Workflows: Unauthenticated Memory Exhaustion (DoS) in Webhook Interceptor
Weaknesses CWE-770
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Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-09T03:45:48.180Z

Reserved: 2026-04-26T12:13:55.551Z

Link: CVE-2026-42294

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-05-09T04:16:24.903

Modified: 2026-05-09T04:16:24.903

Link: CVE-2026-42294

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Updated: 2026-05-09T05:30:16Z

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