CVE-2024-38366

CoacoaPods trunk RCE in email verification system rfc-822

Published Jul 1, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 10 Critical EPSS 17.8% KEV · Not listed
Description
trunk.cocoapods.org is the authentication server for the CoacoaPods dependency manager. The part of trunk which verifies whether a user has a real email address on signup used a rfc-822 library which executes a shell command to validate the email domain MX records validity. It works via an DNS MX. This lookup could be manipulated to also execute a command on the trunk server, effectively giving root access to the server and the infrastructure. This issue was patched server-side with commit 001cc3a430e75a16307f5fd6cdff1363ad2f40f3 in September 2023. This RCE triggered a full user-session reset, as an attacker could have used this method to write to any Podspec in trunk.

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Cocoapods trunk.cocoapods.org
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:cocoapods:trunk.cocoapods.org:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Cocoapods trunk.cocoapods.org
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Aug 2, 2024, 4:04 AM
Reserved
Jun 14, 2024, 2:16 PM
Status
Modified
Published
Jul 1, 2024, 9:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 7:40 AM