CVE-2026-42294CWE-770

Argo Workflows: Unauthenticated Memory Exhaustion (DoS) in Webhook Interceptor

High · published May 9, 2026

CVSS v4.0
8.2
EPSS
1%
Percentile
54.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
8.2 · HIGH
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
EPSS
0.00740 · 54.1th percentile
Weakness
CWE-770 · Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Published
2026-05-09T03:45Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 09 MAY 03:45Z
    Argo Workflows: Unauthenticated Memory Exhaustion (DoS) in Webhook Interceptor
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