CVE-2023-43741

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Published Dec 22, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 7.0 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

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.

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

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:buildkite:elastic_ci_stack::::::aws::*
	cpe:2.3:a:buildkite:elastic_ci_stack::::::aws::*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Github GHSA	GHSA-r5hg-349q-mg2q	Buildkite Elastic CI for AWS time-of-check-time-of-use race condition vulnerability

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.195% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/atredispartners/advisories/blob/master/ATREDIS-2023-0003.md

History

Feb 26, 2026 4:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Buildkite Elastic Ci Stack

Weaknesses

CWE-367

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 27, 2024, 8:14 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Dec 22, 2023, 12:00 AM
Updated: Aug 27, 2024, 8:14 PM
Reserved: Sep 22, 2023, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 7:52 PM

Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 7:52 PM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 6:26 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Dec 22, 2023, 10:15 AM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 6:26 AM

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