CVE-2023-42798
AutomataCI Release Job Can Revert Repo to First Commit
AutomataCI is a template git repository equipped with a native built-in semi-autonomous CI tools. An issue in versions 1.4.1 and below can let a release job reset the git root repository to the first commit. Version 1.5.0 has a patch for this issue. As a workaround, make sure the PROJECT_PATH_RELEASE (e.g. releases/) directory is manually and actually git cloned properly, making it a different git repostiory from the root git repository.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
AutomataCI Release Job Can Revert Repo to First Commit
AutomataCI is a template git repository equipped with a native built-in semi-autonomous CI tools. An issue in versions 1.4.1 and below can let a release job reset the git root repository to the first commit. Version 1.5.0 has a patch for this issue. As a workaround, make sure the PROJECT_PATH_RELEASE (e.g. releases/) directory is manually and actually git cloned properly, making it a different git repostiory from the root git repository.
- Record
CVE-2023-42798- CVSS 3.1
- 8.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-47225
AutomataCI is a template git repository equipped with a native built-in semi-autonomous CI tools. An issue in versions 1.4.1 and below can let a release job reset the git root repository to the first commit. Version 1.5.0 has a patch for this issue. As a workaround, make sure the PROJECT_PATH_RELEASE (e.g. releases/) directory is manually and actually git cloned properly, making it a different git repostiory from the root git repository.
- Record
EUVD-2023-47225- CVSS 3.1
- 8.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
NVD
AutomataCI is a template git repository equipped with a native built-in semi-autonomous CI tools. An issue in versions 1.4.1 and below can let a release job reset the git root repository to the first commit. Version 1.5.0 has a patch for this issue. As a workaround, make sure the PROJECT_PATH_RELEASE (e.g. releases/) directory is manually and actually git cloned properly, making it a different git repostiory from the root git repository.
- Record
CVE-2023-42798- CVSS 3.1
- 8.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.1
- 9.1 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
AutomataCI Release Job Can Revert Repo to First Commit
AutomataCI is a template git repository equipped with a native built-in semi-autonomous CI tools. An issue in versions 1.4.1 and below can let a release job reset the git root repository to the first commit. Version 1.5.0 has a patch for this issue. As a workaround, make sure the PROJECT_PATH_RELEASE (e.g. releases/) directory is manually and actually git cloned properly, making it a different git repostiory from the root git repository.
- Record
CVE-2023-42798- CVSS 3.1
- 8.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-42798 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.2) in Chewkeanho Automataci, published September 22, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.36%, the 30th percentile. No source names a fixed version.