CVE-2021-43290

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Published Apr 14, 2022 CVSS 3.1 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 3.2% KEV · Not listed

Description

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.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:thoughtworks:gocd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-30234	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.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 3.2% (3.219% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://blog.sonarsource.com/gocd-vulnerability-chain
https://github.com/gocd/gocd/commit/4c4bb4780eb0d3fc4cacfc4cfcc0b07e2eaf0595
https://github.com/gocd/gocd/commit/c22e0428164af25d3e91baabd3f538a41cadc82f
https://www.gocd.org/releases/#21-3-0

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Thoughtworks Gocd

Weaknesses

CWE-22

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 3:55 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Apr 14, 2022, 12:55 PM
Updated: Aug 4, 2024, 3:55 AM
Reserved: Nov 2, 2021, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 4:10 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Apr 14, 2022, 1:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 4:10 AM

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