Path Traversal in Thoughtworks Gocd

CVE-2021-43290

An issue was discovered in ThoughtWorks GoCD before 21.3.0. An attacker who has compromised a GoCD agent can upload a malicious file into a directory of a GoCD server. They can control the filename but the directory is placed inside of a d…

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.032 (86.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

  • cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
  • cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
  • cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-43290?
CVE-2021-43290 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Thoughtworks Gocd, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2022-04-14.
How severe is CVE-2021-43290?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-43290 known to be exploited?
2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.