CVE-2024-52799 Argo Workflows Chart: Excessive Privileges in Workflow Role
Excessive privileges in the Argo Workflows Helm Chart allow attackers to execute arbitrary code in any pod within the namespace via kubectl exec.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-52799?
CVE-2024-52799 is a high-severity vulnerability in argoproj argo-helm, published on 21 Nov 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-52799?
How do I fix CVE-2024-52799?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-52799 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-52799 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-52799 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fgrf-2886-4q7m.