# CVE-2026-42183: Argo Workflows: SSO RBAC Delegation Nil Pointer Dereference DoS (gatekeeper.go)

- Also known as: GHSA-P4GQ-3VXJ-F4JQ, BIT-ARGO-WORKFLOWS-2026-42183, GO-2026-5527
- Severity: CVSS 2.3 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.0.5
- Published: 2026-05-09 · Updated: 2026-05-13

## Affected

- argoproj argo-workflows: from 4.0.0, fixed in 4.0.5
- github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/v4 (Go): from 4.0.0, fixed in 4.0.5
- github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows (Go): all versions
- github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/v2 (Go): all versions
- github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/v3 (Go): all versions

## Description

Argo Workflows is an open source container-native workflow engine for orchestrating parallel jobs on Kubernetes. From version 4.0.0 to before version 4.0.5, a nil pointer dereference in server/auth/gatekeeper.go rbacAuthorization() causes a panic (denial of service) for SSO users whose claims match a namespace-level RBAC rule but not an SSO-namespace rule, when SSO_DELEGATE_RBAC_TO_NAMESPACE=true. This issue has been patched in version 4.0.5.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on argoproj argo-workflows, github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/v4, github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows or the other affected packages, upgrade to a fixed version (4.0.5) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/security/advisories/GHSA-p4gq-3vxj-f4jq
- https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/commit/c4cc17d0c034fa9a9cc01ef1af6c8016c93071d4
- https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/releases/tag/v4.0.5

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