{"cve":"CVE-2024-53862","nvd":{"published":"2024-12-02T16:15:14.277","modified":"2026-06-17T08:09:26.013","status":"Analyzed","description":"Argo Workflows is an open source container-native workflow engine for orchestrating parallel jobs on Kubernetes. When using `--auth-mode=client`, Archived Workflows can be retrieved with a fake or spoofed token via the GET Workflow endpoint: `/api/v1/workflows/{namespace}/{name}` or when using `--auth-mode=sso`, all Archived Workflows can be retrieved with a valid token via the GET Workflow endpoint: `/api/v1/workflows/{namespace}/{name}`. No authentication is performed by the Server itself on `client` tokens. Authentication & authorization is instead delegated to the k8s API server. However, the Workflow Archive does not interact with k8s, and so any token that looks valid will be considered authenticated, even if it is not a k8s token or even if the token has no RBAC for Argo. To handle the lack of pass-through k8s authN/authZ, the Workflow Archive specifically does the equivalent of a `kubectl auth can-i` check for respective methods. In 3.5.7 and 3.5.8, the auth check was accidentally removed on the GET Workflow endpoint's fallback to archived workflows on these lines, allowing archived workflows to be retrieved with a fake token. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.6.2 and 3.5.13.","cvss_v4":{"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N","score":6.3},"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","score":7.5},"cwes":["CWE-290","CWE-200"],"references":["https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/pull/13021/files#diff-a5b255abaceddc9cc20bf6da6ae92c3a5d3605d94366af503ed754c079a1171aL668-R715","https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/security/advisories/GHSA-h36c-m3rf-34h9"],"products":["argoproj:argo_workflows"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:57:36.180738747+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-53862","score":0.0066,"percentile":0.5156,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-h36c-m3rf-34h9","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-h36c-m3rf-34h9","summary":"Access to Archived Argo Workflows with Fake Token in `client` mode","modified":"2026-09-10T03:50:21.588368904Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/v3","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/v3","ranges":[">=3.5.7 <3.5.13"],"fixed":["3.5.13"]},{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/v3","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/v3","ranges":[">=3.6.0 <3.6.2"],"fixed":["3.6.2"]}]},{"id":"GO-2024-3303","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GO-2024-3303","summary":"Argo Workflows Allows Access to Archived Workflows with Fake Token in `client` mode in github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows","modified":"2026-02-04T02:38:50.332427Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows","ranges":["all versions"],"fixed":[]},{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/v2","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/v2","ranges":["all versions"],"fixed":[]},{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/v3","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/v3","ranges":[">=3.5.7 <3.5.13",">=3.6.0-rc1 <3.6.2"],"fixed":["3.5.13","3.6.2"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}