Privilege escalation in Argoproj Argo-Workflows

CVE-2022-29164

Argo Workflows is an open source container-native workflow engine for orchestrating parallel jobs on Kubernetes. In affected versions an attacker can create a workflow which produces a HTML artifact containing an HTML file that contains a script which uses XHR calls to interact with the Argo Server API. The attacker emails the deep-link to the artifact to their victim. The victim opens the link, the script starts running. As the script has access to the Argo Server API (as the victim), so may read information about the victim’s workflows, or create and delete workflows. Note the attacker must be an insider: they must have access to the same cluster as the victim and must already be able to run their own workflows. The attacker must have an understanding of the victim’s system. We have seen no evidence of this in the wild. We urge all users to upgrade to the fixed versions.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

EPSS: 0.009 (57.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-29164?
CVE-2022-29164 is a high-severity vulnerability in Argoproj Argo-Workflows, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2022-05-06.
How severe is CVE-2022-29164?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.