Several HandleRoute endpoints make use of the deprecated ioutil.ReadAll(). ioutil.ReadAll() reads all the data into memory. As such, an attacker who sends a large request to the Argo Events server will be able to crash it and cause denial of service.
Eventsources susceptible to an out-of-memory denial-of-service attack:
A patch for this vulnerability has been released in the following Argo Events version:
v1.7.1
Disclosed by Ada Logics in a security audit sponsored by CNCF and facilitated by OSTIF.
Open an issue in the Argo Events issue tracker or discussions Join us on Slack in channel #argo-events
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"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400",
"CWE-787"
],
"severity": "HIGH",
"github_reviewed": true,
"nvd_published_at": "2022-06-13T20:15:00Z",
"github_reviewed_at": "2022-06-17T01:02:56Z"
}