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 directory that they can't control.
Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.032 (87.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 88th percentile — 87.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.032 · newest: 0.032 · change: +0.001
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.gocd.org/releases/ (Release Notes, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- github.com/gocd/gocd/commit/4c4bb4780eb0d3fc4cacfc4cfcc0b07e2eaf0595 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/gocd/gocd/commit/c22e0428164af25d3e91baabd3f538a41cadc82f (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- blog.sonarsource.com/gocd-vulnerability-chain (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
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.