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

- Also known as: GHSA-JCC8-G2Q4-9FXQ, BIT-ARGO-WORKFLOWS-2026-42294, GO-2026-5462
- Severity: CVSS 8.2 (High), CNA
- 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
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.7.14, 4.0.5
- Published: 2026-05-09 · Updated: 2026-07-15

## Affected

- argoproj argo-workflows: fixed in 3.7.14; from 4.0.0, fixed in 4.0.5
- github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/v3 (Go): fixed in 3.7.14
- 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

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on argoproj argo-workflows, github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/v3, github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/v4 or the other affected packages, upgrade to a fixed version (3.7.14, 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-jcc8-g2q4-9fxq
- https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/commit/7abb4de6c3599e2d5d960ba4d5de4cf1df109965
- https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/releases/tag/v3.7.14
- https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/releases/tag/v4.0.5

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