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CVE-2024-52799

Argo Workflows Chart: Excessive Privileges in Workflow Role

Published: Nov 21, 2024Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-250
8.2HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 88.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
No Fix Available
Self-Check
Not available

Description

Argo Workflows Chart is used to set up argo and its needed dependencies through one command. Prior to 0.44.0, the workflow-role has excessive privileges, the worst being create pods/exec, which will allow kubectl exec into any Pod in the same namespace, i.e. arbitrary code execution within those Pods. If a user can be made to run a malicious template, their whole namespace can be compromised. This affects versions of the argo-workflows Chart that use appVersion: 3.4 and above, which no longer need these permissions for the only available Executor, Emissary. It could also affect users below 3.4 depending on their choice of Executor in those versions. This only affects the Helm Chart and not the upstream manifests. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.44.0.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:LUI:RS:CC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:CScope
Changed
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-250CWE-1220

Affected Products

argoproj
oss-projectaka argo cd, argo workflows, argo-cd, argo workflow
argo-helmOn-prem
Cloud & SaaS / container-orchestration

Exploitability

No known exploits, KEV entries, or remediation guidance available for this vulnerability yet.
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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://github.com/argoproj/argo-helm/commit/81dc44c4a5ccd42c799469a78eb96a68048a4987
github.com
https://github.com/argoproj/argo-helm/security/advisories/GHSA-fgrf-2886-4q7m
github.com

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