SCA: security update for github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/v4 (GHSA-7vf8-2cr6-54mf)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 441118

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- Argo Workflows is an open source container-native workflow engine for orchestrating parallel jobs on
Kubernetes. From version 4.0.0 to before version 4.0.5, the workflow executor logs all artifact repository
credentials (S3 access keys, secret keys, GCS service account keys, Azure account keys, Git passwords,
etc.) in plaintext on artifact operation. Any user with read access to workflow pod logs can extract these
credentials. This issue has been patched in version 4.0.5. (CVE-2026-42295)

Solution

Update the github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/v4 library and its related packages to version 4.0.5 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7vf8-2cr6-54mf

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 441118

Version: Revision 1.7

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 5/5/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.73

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:C/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-42295

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 4.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Threat Score: 7.2

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/4/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/4/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-42295

cwe: CWE-522