Foreman Transpilation Enables OS Command Injection

CVE-2022-3874 → View on GitHub ↗ View on CVE.org ↗ View on NVD ↗

Description

A command injection flaw was found in foreman. This flaw allows an authenticated user with admin privileges on the foreman instance to transpile commands through CoreOS and Fedora CoreOS configurations in templates, possibly resulting in arbitrary command execution on the underlying operating system.

Basic information

Type
reviewed
Severity
critical
Advisory on GitHub
Open advisory ↗
Repository advisory
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Source code
Browse source ↗
Published (advisory)
2023-09-22 15:30:15 UTC
Updated
2023-11-09 05:05:34 UTC
GitHub reviewed
2023-09-27 00:34:08 UTC
NVD published
2023-09-22
Withdrawn
2023-09-27 22:57:13 UTC

EPSS Score

Score Percentile
0.19% 40.63%

CVSS Scores

Base score Version Severity Vector
9.1 3.1 —
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:H)
They need powerful rights—admin, root, or similar—before this pays off.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.

Identifiers

Type Value
GHSA GHSA-9jfq-54vc-9rr2 ↗
CVE CVE-2022-3874 ↗

CWEs

CWE id Name
CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

Credits

  • drewblas (analyst)
  • MH4GF (analyst)
  • hoshinotsuyoshi (analyst)
  • fesplugas-drms (analyst)
  • olleolleolle (analyst)
  • evgeni (analyst)
  • mrnovalles (analyst)
  • aramprice (analyst)

Affected packages (1)

Vulnerable version ranges and first patched releases as published by GitHub.

Ecosystem Package Vulnerable range First patched Vulnerable functions
rubygems foreman <= 3.8.0 — —

References

cvelogic Threat Intelligence