Argo Events up to 1.7.0 on Kubernetes HandleRoute Endpoint ioutil.ReadAll resource consumption

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A vulnerability was found in Argo Events up to 1.7.0 on Kubernetes. It has been classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function ioutil.ReadAll of the component HandleRoute Endpoint. The manipulation leads to resource consumption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2022-31054. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Argo Events up to 1.7.0 on Kubernetes. This issue affects the function ioutil.ReadAll of the component HandleRoute Endpoint. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-400. The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

Argo Events is an event-driven workflow automation framework for Kubernetes. Prior to version 1.7.1, several `HandleRoute` endpoints make use of the deprecated `ioutil.ReadAll()`. `ioutil.ReadAll()` reads all the data into memory. As such, an attacker who sends a large request to the Argo Events server will be able to crash it and cause denial of service. A patch for this vulnerability has been released in Argo Events version 1.7.1.

The weakness was presented 06/14/2022 as GHSA-5q86-62xr-3r57. The advisory is shared at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2022-31054 since 05/18/2022. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1499 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 1.7.1 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch eaabcb6d65022fc34a0cc9ea7f00681abd326b35 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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• Argo Events

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• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.2
• 1.3
• 1.4
• 1.5
• 1.6
• 1.7.0

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• open-source

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