Argo Workflows is an open source container-native workflow engine for orchestrating parallel jobs on Kubernetes. From 3.6.5 to 4.0.4, an unchecked array index in the pod informer's podGCFromPod() function causes a controller-wide panic when a workflow pod carries a malformed workflows.argoproj.io/pod-gc-strategy annotation. Because the panic occurs inside an informer goroutine (outside the controller's recover() scope), it crashes the entire controller process. The poisoned pod persists across restarts, causing a crash loop that halts all workflow processing until the pod is manually deleted. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.0.5 and 3.7.14.
History

Fri, 01 May 2026 00:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-1285
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Important


Tue, 28 Apr 2026 14:15:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Argoproj argo Workflows
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:argoproj:argo_workflows:*:*:*:*:*:go:*:*
Vendors & Products Argoproj argo Workflows

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 22:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Argoproj
Argoproj argo-workflows
Vendors & Products Argoproj
Argoproj argo-workflows

Sat, 25 Apr 2026 02:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

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


Thu, 23 Apr 2026 18:45:00 +0000

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Description Argo Workflows is an open source container-native workflow engine for orchestrating parallel jobs on Kubernetes. From 3.6.5 to 4.0.4, an unchecked array index in the pod informer's podGCFromPod() function causes a controller-wide panic when a workflow pod carries a malformed workflows.argoproj.io/pod-gc-strategy annotation. Because the panic occurs inside an informer goroutine (outside the controller's recover() scope), it crashes the entire controller process. The poisoned pod persists across restarts, causing a crash loop that halts all workflow processing until the pod is manually deleted. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.0.5 and 3.7.14.
Title Argo Workflows: Unchecked annotation parsing in pod informer crashes Argo Workflows controller
Weaknesses CWE-129
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2026-04-23T18:12:05.782Z

Updated: 2026-04-25T01:22:45.497Z

Reserved: 2026-04-15T15:57:41.719Z

Link: CVE-2026-40886

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-04-25T01:22:37.215Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-04-23T19:17:28.617

Modified: 2026-04-28T14:09:25.893

Link: CVE-2026-40886

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-04-23T18:12:05Z

Links: CVE-2026-40886 - Bugzilla