Description
Argo Workflows is an open source container-native workflow engine for orchestrating parallel jobs on Kubernetes. Versions prior to 3.6.12 and versions 3.7.0 through 3.7.2 contain a Zip Slip path traversal vulnerability in artifact extraction. During artifact extraction the unpack/untar logic (workflow/executor/executor.go) uses filepath.Join(dest, filepath.Clean(header.Name)) without validating that header.Name stays within the intended extraction directory. A malicious archive entry can supply a traversal or absolute path that, after cleaning, overrides the destination directory and causes files to be written outside the /work/tmp extraction path and into system directories such as /etc inside the container. The vulnerability enables arbitrary file creation or overwrite in system configuration locations (for example /etc/passwd, /etc/hosts, /etc/crontab), which can lead to privilege escalation or persistence within the affected container. Update to 3.6.12 or 3.7.3 to remediate the issue.
Published: 2025-10-14
Score: 8.1 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-p84v-gxvw-73pf Argo Workflow has a Zipslip Vulnerability
History

Fri, 06 Feb 2026 21:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Argoproj argo Workflows
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:argo_workflows_project:argo_workflows:*:*:*:*:*:kubernetes:*:* cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_workflows:*:*:*:*:*:go:*:*
Vendors & Products Argo Workflows Project
Argo Workflows Project argo Workflows
Argoproj argo Workflows

Mon, 17 Nov 2025 14:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Argo Workflows Project
Argo Workflows Project argo Workflows
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:argo_workflows_project:argo_workflows:*:*:*:*:*:kubernetes:*:*
Vendors & Products Argo Workflows Project
Argo Workflows Project argo Workflows

Mon, 20 Oct 2025 16:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Argoproj
Argoproj argo-workflows
Vendors & Products Argoproj
Argoproj argo-workflows

Thu, 16 Oct 2025 00:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Important


Tue, 14 Oct 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 14 Oct 2025 15:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Argo Workflows is an open source container-native workflow engine for orchestrating parallel jobs on Kubernetes. Versions prior to 3.6.12 and versions 3.7.0 through 3.7.2 contain a Zip Slip path traversal vulnerability in artifact extraction. During artifact extraction the unpack/untar logic (workflow/executor/executor.go) uses filepath.Join(dest, filepath.Clean(header.Name)) without validating that header.Name stays within the intended extraction directory. A malicious archive entry can supply a traversal or absolute path that, after cleaning, overrides the destination directory and causes files to be written outside the /work/tmp extraction path and into system directories such as /etc inside the container. The vulnerability enables arbitrary file creation or overwrite in system configuration locations (for example /etc/passwd, /etc/hosts, /etc/crontab), which can lead to privilege escalation or persistence within the affected container. Update to 3.6.12 or 3.7.3 to remediate the issue.
Title argo-workflows Zip Slip path traversal allows arbitrary file write and container configuration overwrite
Weaknesses CWE-22
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H'}


Subscriptions

Argoproj Argo-workflows Argo Workflows
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2025-10-14T16:04:24.519Z

Reserved: 2025-10-07T16:12:03.424Z

Link: CVE-2025-62156

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Updated: 2025-10-14T16:04:21.505Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-10-14T15:16:12.683

Modified: 2026-02-06T20:49:29.827

Link: CVE-2025-62156

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2025-10-14T14:52:44Z

Links: CVE-2025-62156 - Bugzilla

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Updated: 2025-10-20T15:49:39Z

Weaknesses