{"id":"CVE-2023-30628","aliases":["EUVD-2023-0290","GHSA-cw6r-6ccx-5hwx","PYSEC-2023-273"],"status":"published","title":"Kiwi TCMS has command injection vulnerability in changelog.yml CI workflow","description":"Kiwi TCMS is an open source test management system. In kiwitcms/Kiwi v12.2 and prior and kiwitcms/enterprise v12.2 and prior,\nthe `changelog.yml` workflow is vulnerable to command injection attacks because of using an untrusted `github.head_ref` field. The `github.head_ref` value is an attacker-controlled value. Assigning the value to `zzz\";echo${IFS}\"hello\";#` can lead to command injection. Since the permission is not restricted, the attacker has a write-access to the repository. Commit 834c86dfd1b2492ccad7ebbfd6304bfec895fed2 of the kiwitcms/Kiwi repository and commit e39f7e156fdaf6fec09a15ea6f4e8fec8cdbf751 of the kiwitcms/enterprise repository contain a fix for this issue.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-09","score":0.03596,"percentile":0.89532,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-78"],"published":"2023-04-24T21:17:32Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:54Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","package":"kiwitcms","fixed_in":["12.3"],"sources":["osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"PyPI","package":"kiwitcms","ranges":[{"type":"GIT","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"e39f7e156fdaf6fec09a15ea6f4e8fec8cdbf751"}]},{"type":"GIT","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"834c86dfd1b2492ccad7ebbfd6304bfec895fed2"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"12.3"}]}],"versions":["10.0","10.1","10.2","10.3","10.3.999","10.4","10.5","11.0","11.1","11.3","11.4","11.5","11.6","11.7","12.0","12.1","12.2","6.10","6.11","6.2.1","6.3","6.4","6.5","6.5.3","6.6","6.7","6.8","6.9","7.0","7.1","7.2","7.2.1","7.3","8.0","8.1","8.1.99","8.2","8.3","8.4","8.5","8.6","8.6.1","8.7","8.8","8.9","9.0","9.999"]}],"products":[{"vendor":"kiwitcms","product":"kiwi"},{"vendor":"kiwitcms","product":"kiwi_tcms"},{"vendor":"wpkube","product":"kiwi"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/kiwitcms/Kiwi/security/advisories/GHSA-cw6r-6ccx-5hwx","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred","Vendor Advisory","advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/kiwitcms/Kiwi/commit/834c86dfd1b2492ccad7ebbfd6304bfec895fed2","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Patch","fix"]},{"url":"https://github.com/kiwitcms/enterprise/commit/e39f7e156fdaf6fec09a15ea6f4e8fec8cdbf751","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Patch","fix"]},{"url":"https://github.com/kiwitcms/Kiwi/blob/37bfb87696093ce0393160e2725949185cc0651d/.github/workflows/changelog.yml#L18","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Product","web"]},{"url":"https://securitylab.github.com/research/github-actions-untrusted-input/","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Exploit","Third Party Advisory","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/30xxx/CVE-2023-30628.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-30628","tags":["advisory"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2023-30628","title":"Kiwi TCMS has command injection vulnerability in changelog.yml CI workflow","description":"Kiwi TCMS is an open source test management system. In kiwitcms/Kiwi v12.2 and prior and kiwitcms/enterprise v12.2 and prior,\nthe `changelog.yml` workflow is vulnerable to command injection attacks because of using an untrusted `github.head_ref` field. The `github.head_ref` value is an attacker-controlled value. Assigning the value to `zzz\";echo${IFS}\"hello\";#` can lead to command injection. Since the permission is not restricted, the attacker has a write-access to the repository. Commit 834c86dfd1b2492ccad7ebbfd6304bfec895fed2 of the kiwitcms/Kiwi repository and commit e39f7e156fdaf6fec09a15ea6f4e8fec8cdbf751 of the kiwitcms/enterprise repository contain a fix for this issue.","status":"published","published":"2023-04-24T21:17:32.896Z","modified":"2025-02-12T16:35:13.434Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-78"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:35:22.309324Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2023-0290","description":"Kiwi TCMS is an open source test management system. In kiwitcms/Kiwi v12.2 and prior and kiwitcms/enterprise v12.2 and prior,\nthe `changelog.yml` workflow is vulnerable to command injection attacks because of using an untrusted `github.head_ref` field. The `github.head_ref` value is an attacker-controlled value. Assigning the value to `zzz\";echo${IFS}\"hello\";#` can lead to command injection. Since the permission is not restricted, the attacker has a write-access to the repository. Commit 834c86dfd1b2492ccad7ebbfd6304bfec895fed2 of the kiwitcms/Kiwi repository and commit e39f7e156fdaf6fec09a15ea6f4e8fec8cdbf751 of the kiwitcms/enterprise repository contain a fix for this issue.","status":"published","published":"2023-04-24T21:17:32Z","modified":"2025-02-12T16:35:13Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-03T00:03:57.825751Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2023-30628","description":"Kiwi TCMS is an open source test management system. In kiwitcms/Kiwi v12.2 and prior and kiwitcms/enterprise v12.2 and prior,\nthe `changelog.yml` workflow is vulnerable to command injection attacks because of using an untrusted `github.head_ref` field. The `github.head_ref` value is an attacker-controlled value. Assigning the value to `zzz\";echo${IFS}\"hello\";#` can lead to command injection. Since the permission is not restricted, the attacker has a write-access to the repository. Commit 834c86dfd1b2492ccad7ebbfd6304bfec895fed2 of the kiwitcms/Kiwi repository and commit e39f7e156fdaf6fec09a15ea6f4e8fec8cdbf751 of the kiwitcms/enterprise repository contain a fix for this issue.","status":"published","published":"2023-04-24T22:15:09.953Z","modified":"2026-06-17T05:55:11.487Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"secondary"},{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-78"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:07:56.683259Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2023-30628","title":"Kiwi TCMS has command injection vulnerability in changelog.yml CI workflow","description":"Kiwi TCMS is an open source test management system. In kiwitcms/Kiwi v12.2 and prior and kiwitcms/enterprise v12.2 and prior,\nthe `changelog.yml` workflow is vulnerable to command injection attacks because of using an untrusted `github.head_ref` field. The `github.head_ref` value is an attacker-controlled value. Assigning the value to `zzz\";echo${IFS}\"hello\";#` can lead to command injection. Since the permission is not restricted, the attacker has a write-access to the repository. Commit 834c86dfd1b2492ccad7ebbfd6304bfec895fed2 of the kiwitcms/Kiwi repository and commit e39f7e156fdaf6fec09a15ea6f4e8fec8cdbf751 of the kiwitcms/enterprise repository contain a fix for this issue.","status":"published","published":"2023-04-24T21:17:32.896Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:54.945272552Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-78"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:44:31.790231Z"},{"id":"PYSEC-2023-273","description":"Kiwi TCMS is an open source test management system. In kiwitcms/Kiwi v12.2 and prior and kiwitcms/enterprise v12.2 and prior,\nthe `changelog.yml` workflow is vulnerable to command injection attacks because of using an untrusted `github.head_ref` field. The `github.head_ref` value is an attacker-controlled value. Assigning the value to `zzz\";echo${IFS}\"hello\";#` can lead to command injection. Since the permission is not restricted, the attacker has a write-access to the repository. Commit 834c86dfd1b2492ccad7ebbfd6304bfec895fed2 of the kiwitcms/Kiwi repository and commit e39f7e156fdaf6fec09a15ea6f4e8fec8cdbf751 of the kiwitcms/enterprise repository contain a fix for this issue.","status":"published","published":"2023-04-24T22:15:00Z","modified":"2024-11-21T14:57:02.609364Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:52:53.837392Z"}]}}