SB2025120924 - Path traversal in Argo Workflows
Published: December 9, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2025120924
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Path traversal (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-62156)
The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform directory traversal attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences within the unpack() function. A remote user can upload a specially crafted .zip archive to the application and overwrite arbitrary files on the system outside of the allowed directory.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/blob/946a2d6b9ac3309371fe47f49ae94c33ca7d488d/workflow/executor/executor.go#L993
- https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/commit/5659ad9b641fcf52c04ed594cd6493f9170f6011
- https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/commit/9f6bc5d236cd1b24d607943384511d71ad17a4c3
- https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/security/advisories/GHSA-p84v-gxvw-73pf