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Uses of deprecated API can be used to cause DoS in user-facing endpoints

### Impact
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.

Eventsources susceptible to an out-of-memory denial-of-service attack:

– AWS SNS
– Bitbucket
– Bitbucket
– Gitlab
– Slack
– Storagegrid
– Webhook

### Patches
A patch for this vulnerability has been released in the following Argo Events version:

v1.7.1

### Credits
Disclosed by [Ada Logics](https://adalogics.com/) in a security audit sponsored by CNCF and facilitated by OSTIF.

### For more information
Open an issue in the [Argo Events issue tracker](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-events/issues) or [discussions](https://github.com/argoproj/argo-events/discussions)
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