CVE-2024-41121
Custom workspace allow to overwrite plugin entrypoint executable in Woodpecker
Woodpecker is a simple yet powerful CI/CD engine with great extensibility. The server allow to create any user who can trigger a pipeline run malicious workflows: 1. Those workflows can either lead to a host takeover that runs the agent executing the workflow. 2. Or allow to extract the secrets who would be normally provided to the plugins who's entrypoint are overwritten. This issue has been addressed in release version 2.7.0. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Custom workspace allow to overwrite plugin entrypoint executable in Woodpecker
Woodpecker is a simple yet powerful CI/CD engine with great extensibility. The server allow to create any user who can trigger a pipeline run malicious workflows: 1. Those workflows can either lead to a host takeover that runs the agent executing the workflow. 2. Or allow to extract the secrets who would be normally provided to the plugins who's entrypoint are overwritten. This issue has been addressed in release version 2.7.0. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
- Record
CVE-2024-41121- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-74
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-2456
Woodpecker is a simple yet powerful CI/CD engine with great extensibility. The server allow to create any user who can trigger a pipeline run malicious workflows: 1. Those workflows can either lead to a host takeover that runs the agent executing the workflow. 2. Or allow to extract the secrets who would be normally provided to the plugins who's entrypoint are overwritten. This issue has been addressed in release version 2.7.0. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
- Record
EUVD-2024-2456- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xw35-rrcp-g7xm
Woodpecker's custom workspace allow to overwrite plugin entrypoint executable
Impact
The server allow to create any user who can trigger a pipeline run malicious workflows:
- Those workflows can either lead to a host takeover that runs the agent executing the workflow.
- Or allow to extract the secrets who would be normally provided to the plugins who's entrypoint are overwritten.
Patches
https://github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker/pull/3933
Workarounds
Is there a way for users to fix or remediate the vulnerability without upgrading? Enable the "gated" repo feature and review each change upfront
References
- https://github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker/pull/3933
- https://github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker-security/pull/11
- https://github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker-security/issues/8 (info will be published later at https://github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker/issues/3924)
- https://github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker-security/issues/9 (info will be published later at https://github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker/issues/3924)
- https://github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker/issues/3924 (info will be published later once we got adoption of the update)
Credits
- Record
GHSA-xw35-rrcp-g7xm- CVSS 4.0
- 8.7 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-22, CWE-74
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Woodpecker is a simple yet powerful CI/CD engine with great extensibility. The server allow to create any user who can trigger a pipeline run malicious workflows: 1. Those workflows can either lead to a host takeover that runs the agent executing the workflow. 2. Or allow to extract the secrets who would be normally provided to the plugins who's entrypoint are overwritten. This issue has been addressed in release version 2.7.0. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
- Record
CVE-2024-41121- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-74
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Custom workspace allow to overwrite plugin entrypoint executable in Woodpecker
Woodpecker is a simple yet powerful CI/CD engine with great extensibility. The server allow to create any user who can trigger a pipeline run malicious workflows: 1. Those workflows can either lead to a host takeover that runs the agent executing the workflow. 2. Or allow to extract the secrets who would be normally provided to the plugins who's entrypoint are overwritten. This issue has been addressed in release version 2.7.0. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
- Record
CVE-2024-41121- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-74
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-xw35-rrcp-g7xm
Woodpecker's custom workspace allow to overwrite plugin entrypoint executable
Impact
The server allow to create any user who can trigger a pipeline run malicious workflows:
- Those workflows can either lead to a host takeover that runs the agent executing the workflow.
- Or allow to extract the secrets who would be normally provided to the plugins who's entrypoint are overwritten.
Patches
https://github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker/pull/3933
Workarounds
Is there a way for users to fix or remediate the vulnerability without upgrading? Enable the "gated" repo feature and review each change upfront
References
- https://github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker/pull/3933
- https://github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker-security/pull/11
- https://github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker-security/issues/8 (info will be published later at https://github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker/issues/3924)
- https://github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker-security/issues/9 (info will be published later at https://github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker/issues/3924)
- https://github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker/issues/3924 (info will be published later once we got adoption of the update)
Credits
- Record
GHSA-xw35-rrcp-g7xm- CVSS 4.0
- 8.7 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-22, CWE-74
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGO-2024-2999 No score
Woodpecker's custom workspace allow to overwrite plugin entrypoint executable in go.woodpecker-ci.org/woodpecker
Woodpecker's custom workspace allow to overwrite plugin entrypoint executable in go.woodpecker-ci.org/woodpecker
- Record
GO-2024-2999- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
go.woodpecker-ci.org/woodpecker/v2Go |
before 2.7.0 | 2.7.0 |
go.woodpecker-ci.org/woodpeckerGo |
before 2.7.0 | 2.7.0 |
go.woodpecker-ci.org/woodpeckerGo |
All versions | None known |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-41121 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Woodpecker-ci Woodpecker, published July 19, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.74%, the 54th percentile. Fixed in go.woodpecker-ci.org/woodpecker/v2 2.7.0.
References
github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker/security/advisories/GHSA-xw35-rrcp-g7xm
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nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-41121
pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2024-2999