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TI-2022-18684 Aliases CVE-2022-39308

GoCD API authentication of user access tokens subject to timing attack during comparison

Priority LOW 30CWE-1254Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · Low · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-208.

Summary

GoCD is a continuous delivery server. GoCD helps you automate and streamline the build-test-release cycle for continuous delivery of your product. GoCD versions from 19.2.0 to 19.10.0 (inclusive) are subject to a timing attack in validation of access tokens due to use of regular string comparison for validation of the token rather than a constant time algorithm. This could allow a brute force attack on GoCD server API calls to observe timing differences in validations in order to guess an access token generated by a user for API access. This issue is fixed in GoCD version 19.11.0. As a workaround, users can apply rate limiting or insert random delays to API calls made to GoCD Server via a reverse proxy or other fronting web server. Another workaround, users may disallow use of access tokens by users by having an administrator revoke all access tokens through the "Access Token Management" admin function.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00868 58th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed gocd (gocd): 19.11.0

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
gocdgocd19.2.0 to before 19.11.019.11.0Patch availableCNA
  • gocd Vendorgocd Affected 19.2.0 to before 19.11.0 Fixed in 19.11.0 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:thoughtworks:gocd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*19.2.0 to before 19.11.0Vulnerablegocd
  • cpe:2.3:a:thoughtworks:gocd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 19.2.0 to before 19.11.0 Vulnerable ·gocd

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA gocd (gocd) Fixed in 19.11.0

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-39308

References

Patch 1

Advisory 3

  • TI-2021-19282 An issue was discovered in ThoughtWorks GoCD before 21.3.0. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2021-19285 An issue was discovered in ThoughtWorks GoCD before 21.3.0. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2021-20193 Adding a new pipeline in GoCD server version 21.3.0 has a functionality that could be… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2022-18687 Compromised agents may be able to execute remote code on GoCD Server CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
  • TI-2022-11727 Command Injection/Argument Injection in GoCD CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2024-37281 GoCD vulnerable to admin privilege escalation by a malicious internal/existing authenticated user CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.4
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Sources

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