BIT-argo-workflows-2026-31892

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Import Source
https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/argo-workflows/BIT-argo-workflows-2026-31892.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/BIT-argo-workflows-2026-31892
Aliases
Published
2026-03-13T09:01:13.198Z
Modified
2026-03-13T10:56:06.596093110Z
Summary
WorkflowTemplate Security Bypass via podSpecPatch in Strict/Secure Reference Mode
Details

Argo Workflows is an open source container-native workflow engine for orchestrating parallel jobs on Kubernetes. From 2.9.0 to before 4.0.2 and 3.7.11, A user who can submit Workflows can completely bypass all security settings defined in a WorkflowTemplate by including a podSpecPatch field in their Workflow submission. This works even when the controller is configured with templateReferencing: Strict, which is specifically documented as a mechanism to restrict users to admin-approved templates. The podSpecPatch field on a submitted Workflow takes precedence over the referenced WorkflowTemplate during spec merging and is applied directly to the pod spec at creation time with no security validation. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.0.2 and 3.7.11.

Database specific
{
    "cpes": [
        "cpe:2.3:a:argo_workflows_project:argo_workflows:*:*:*:*:*:kubernetes:*:*"
    ],
    "severity": "High"
}
References

Affected packages

Bitnami / argo-workflows

Package

Name
argo-workflows
Purl
pkg:bitnami/argo-workflows

Severity

  • 8.9 (High) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X CVSS Calculator

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
2.9.0
Fixed
3.7.11
Introduced
4.0.0
Fixed
4.0.2

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/argo-workflows/BIT-argo-workflows-2026-31892.json"