Vulnerability in ThoughtWorks GoCD (CVE-2021-43290)
Summary
Vulnerability in ThoughtWorks GoCD (CVE-2021-43290). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
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.
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2021-43290 has been found in ThoughtWorks GoCD.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "ThoughtWorks GoCD CVE-2021-43290" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2021-43290 (ThoughtWorks GoCD)
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (unclassified) exists in ThoughtWorks GoCD.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of ThoughtWorks GoCD.
Severity: ?. Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで ThoughtWorks GoCD を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
References
- patch blog.sonarsource.com
- patch github.com
- patch github.com
- report gocd.org