CVE-2024-56321: GoCD can allow malicious GoCD admins to abuse backup configuration to gain additional host access

3.8 CVSS

Description

GoCD is a continuous deliver server. GoCD versions 18.9.0 through 24.4.0 (inclusive) can allow GoCD admins to abuse the backup configuration "post-backup script" feature to potentially execute arbitrary scripts on the hosting server or container as GoCD's user, rather than pre-configured scripts. In practice the impact of this vulnerability is limited, as in most configurations a user who can log into the GoCD UI as an admin also has host administration permissions for the host/container that GoCD runs on, in order to manage artifact storage and other service-level configuration options. Additionally, since a GoCD admin has ability to configure and schedule pipelines tasks on all GoCD agents available to the server, the fundamental functionality of GoCD allows co-ordinated task execution similar to that of post-backup-scripts. However in restricted environments where the host administration is separated from the role of a GoCD admin, this may be unexpected. The issue is fixed in GoCD 24.5.0. Post-backup scripts can no longer be executed from within certain sensitive locations on the GoCD server. No known workarounds are available.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-56321

CVSS Base Severity: LOW

CVSS Base Score: 3.8

Affected Products

Vendor: gocd

Product: gocd

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.05% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 17.83% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-02-04 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://github.com/gocd/gocd/security/advisories/GHSA-7jr3-gh3w-vjxq
https://github.com/gocd/gocd/commit/631f315d17fcb73f310eee6c881974c9b55ca9f0
https://github.com/gocd/gocd/releases/tag/24.5.0
https://www.gocd.org/releases/#24-5-0

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