Vulnerability in Buildkite Elastic Ci Stack

CVE-2023-43741

A time-of-check-time-of-use race condition vulnerability in Buildkite Elastic CI for AWS versions prior to 6.7.1 and 5.22.5 allows the buildkite-agent user to bypass a symbolic link check for the PIPELINE_PATH variable in the fix-buildkite-agent-builds-permissions script.

Vulnerability class: TOCTOU (Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use)

EPSS: 0.002 (9.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.0 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-43741?
CVE-2023-43741 is a high-severity vulnerability in Buildkite Elastic Ci Stack, classified under Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition. CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2023-12-22.
How severe is CVE-2023-43741?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-43741 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.