CVE-2026-42294 HIGH

CVE-2026-42294: Argo Workflows: Unauthenticated Memory Exhaustion (DoS) in Webhook Interceptor

Vendor Argoproj
Product argo-workflows
Weakness CWE-770 · Uncontrolled resource consumption
Published May 9, 2026
Last update June 30, 2026

CVSS base score

8.2/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality
Integrity

CVSS 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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

May 9, 2026 CVE published
June 30, 2026 Record updated