Woodpecker's custom workspace allow to overwrite plugin entrypoint executable

Exploitation

No confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next marks exploitation only from CISA KEV.

CVSS 4.0

8.7 · 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 · score source

EPSS

• CVE-2024-41121: 0.74% estimated exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 54.53 (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-03). This is a model estimate, not proof of exploitation or customer exposure.

As published by the source; long descriptions are shortened.

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) -…

Published by the source

19 Jul 2024, 19:59 UTC

Last modified by the source

7 Aug 2024, 14:19 UTC

Source last checked

26 Oct 2026, 15:04 UTC

1. Revision 1 · created · 26 Oct 2026

   Published from ghsa record GHSA-xw35-rrcp-g7xm

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# Patch Next advisory brief: CVE-2024-41121

Advisory: Woodpecker's custom workspace allow to overwrite plugin entrypoint executable
IDs: CVE-2024-41121, GHSA-xw35-rrcp-g7xm
Record: https://patchnext.com/advisories/cve-2024-41121 (revision 1, source checked 26 Oct 2026, 15:04 UTC)
Inventory: none attached. This brief comes from a public page and does not say whether any deployment is affected.
Severity: High (CVSS 8.7)
Exploitation: no confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next confirms exploitation only from CISA KEV.
Vendor response: Vendor fix available; fixed versions by package: go.woodpecker-ci.org/woodpecker/v2 2.7.0; go.woodpecker-ci.org/woodpecker 2.7.0. A vendor fix does not mean a deployment is fixed.

## Affected components
- Go go.woodpecker-ci.org/woodpecker/v2: affected < 2.7.0; fixed in 2.7.0
- Go go.woodpecker-ci.org/woodpecker: affected < 2.7.0; fixed in 2.7.0

## Suggested inspection (read-only)
- Go go.woodpecker-ci.org/woodpecker/v2: check the installed version with your package manager.
- Go go.woodpecker-ci.org/woodpecker: check the installed version with your package manager.

## Supported action
Upgrade each affected component to a fixed version on its release line. For a transitive dependency, upgrade the parent package or add an override or constraint, then regenerate the lockfile. Redeploy every environment that ran an affected version.

## Required regression checks
- Run the test suite and a production build.
- Exercise the features that depend on go.woodpecker-ci.org/woodpecker/v2, go.woodpecker-ci.org/woodpecker.
- Repeat the inspection and confirm that only fixed versions remain installed.

## Rollback considerations
- Keep the previous lockfile and deployment artifact. Rolling back reinstates the vulnerable version, so apply any documented mitigation while you fix forward.

## Unresolved questions
- Which deployments run an affected version?
- Exploitation status can change. Check again before lowering the priority.
- Mark the work resolved only after the fixed version is verified in production.

## Sources
- Verified: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xw35-rrcp-g7xm (GitHub-reviewed advisory GHSA-xw35-rrcp-g7xm lists affected ranges: Go go.woodpecker-ci.org/woodpecker/v2 >=0 =0 <2.7.0)

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