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.
CVE-2026-42294
This high-severity CVE scores 7.5 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.6%, top 55% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 7.5
- EG Score
- 7.5(medium)
- EG Risk
- 65(Attend)EG Risk 65/100SSVC: Attend
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity75% × 45%Exploitation40% × 40%Automatability100% × 15%Action: Remediate soon — notable exploitation risk. - EPSS
- 45.4%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
May 9, 2026
Last Modified
July 15, 2026
Advisory Details (4)
Auto-updated May 9, 2026Unauthenticated Memory Exhaustion (DoS) in Webhook Interceptor · Advisory · argoproj/argo-workflows · GitHub
https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/security/advisories/GHSA-jcc8-g2q4-9fxqRelease v4.0.5 · argoproj/argo-workflows · GitHub
https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/releases/tag/v4.0.5Release v3.7.14 · argoproj/argo-workflows · GitHub
https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/releases/tag/v3.7.14Merge commit from fork · argoproj/argo-workflows@7abb4de · GitHub
https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/commit/7abb4de6c3599e2d5d960ba4d5de4cf1df109965Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-42294(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Affected Packages
(2 across 1 ecosystem)
Go(2)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/v3 | — | 3.7.14 | — |
| github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/v4 | — | 4.0.5 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
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