Vulnerability in Cocoapods
CVE-2024-38368
trunk.cocoapods.org is the authentication server for the CoacoaPods dependency manager. A vulnerability affected older pods which migrated from the pre-2014 pull request workflow to trunk. If the pods had never been claimed then it was still possible to do so. It was also possible to have all owners removed from a pod, and that made the pod available for the same claiming system. This was patched server-side in commit 71be5440906b6bdfbc0bcc7f8a9fec33367ea0f4 in September 2023.
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.3 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:L.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.149 (96.6th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 96.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.149 · newest: 0.149 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Cocoapods — versions < 71be5440906b6bdfbc0bcc7f8a9fec33367ea0f4
- Cocoapods Trunk.cocoapods.org
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- github.com/CocoaPods/CocoaPods/security/advisories/GHSA-j483-qm5c-7hqx (Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/CocoaPods/trunk.cocoapods.org/commit/71be5440906b6bdfbc0bcc7f8a9fec3… (Patch)
- blog.cocoapods.org/Claim-Your-Pods (Product)
- blog.cocoapods.org/CocoaPods-Trunk-RCEs-2023 (Vendor Advisory)
- evasec.webflow.io/blog/eva-discovered-supply-chain-vulnerabities-in-cocoapods (Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-38368?
- CVE-2024-38368 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Cocoapods, classified under Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere. CVSS score: 9.3/10. Published 2024-07-01.
- How severe is CVE-2024-38368?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.3 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2024-38368 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.