What is CVE-2024-23840?

CVE-2024-23840 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Goreleaser, classified under Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-01-30.

How severe is CVE-2024-23840?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Goreleaser

CVE-2024-23840

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.

Published 2024-01-30 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (22.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 23rd percentile — 22.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Goreleaser — versions 1.23.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-532 — Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

References

github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/security/advisories/GHSA-h3q2-8whx-c29h (Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/commit/d5b6a533ca1dc3366983d5d31ee2d2b6232b83c0 (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-23840?: CVE-2024-23840 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Goreleaser, classified under Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-01-30.
How severe is CVE-2024-23840?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.