Description

GoReleaser builds Go binaries for several platforms, creates a GitHub release and then pushes a Homebrew formula to a tap repository. `goreleaser release --debug` log shows secret values used in the in the custom publisher. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.24.0.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-23840

CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS Base Score: 5.5

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected Products

Vendor: goreleaser

Product: goreleaser

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.05% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 14.1% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-06-17 (when was this score calculated)

Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC)

SSVC Exploitation: poc

SSVC Technical Impact: partial

SSVC Automatable: false

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-23840
https://github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/security/advisories/GHSA-h3q2-8whx-c29h
https://github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/commit/d5b6a533ca1dc3366983d5d31ee2d2b6232b83c0

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