CVE-2021-21423

Published Apr 6, 2021

Last updated 4 years ago

Overview

Description: `projen` is a project generation tool that synthesizes project configuration files such as `package.json`, `tsconfig.json`, `.gitignore`, GitHub Workflows, `eslint`, `jest`, and more, from a well-typed definition written in JavaScript. Users of projen's `NodeProject` project type (including any project type derived from it) include a `.github/workflows/rebuild-bot.yml` workflow that may allow any GitHub user to trigger execution of un-trusted code in the context of the "main" repository (as opposed to that of a fork). In some situations, such untrusted code may potentially be able to commit to the "main" repository. The rebuild-bot workflow is triggered by comments including `@projen rebuild` on pull-request to trigger a re-build of the projen project, and updating the pull request with the updated files. This workflow is triggered by an `issue_comment` event, and thus always executes with a `GITHUB_TOKEN` belonging to the repository into which the pull-request is made (this is in contrast with workflows triggered by `pull_request` events, which always execute with a `GITHUB_TOKEN` belonging to the repository from which the pull-request is made). Repositories that do not have branch protection configured on their default branch (typically `main` or `master`) could possibly allow an untrusted user to gain access to secrets configured on the repository (such as NPM tokens, etc). Branch protection prohibits this escalation, as the managed `GITHUB_TOKEN` would not be able to modify the contents of a protected branch and affected workflows must be defined on the default branch.
Source: security-advisories@github.com
NVD status: Analyzed

Hype score: Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 8.1
Impact score: 5.2
Exploitability score: 2.8
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Severity: HIGH

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 5.5
Impact score: 4.9
Exploitability score: 8
Vector string: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N

Weaknesses

security-advisories@github.com: CWE-527

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:projen_project:projen:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "A2E0EE70-F6DF-4821-ACC1-71E47B43303D",
            "versionEndExcluding": "0.16.41",
            "versionStartIncluding": "0.6.0"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

Overview

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Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

CVSS 2.0

Weaknesses

Configurations

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