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TI-2022-18767 Aliases CVE-2022-39395GHSA-5m7g-pj8w-7593

Vela Insecure Defaults

Priority MEDIUM 46CWE-269Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-269.

Summary

Vela is a Pipeline Automation (CI/CD) framework built on Linux container technology written in Golang. In Vela Server and Vela Worker prior to version 0.16.0 and Vela UI prior to version 0.17.0, some default configurations for Vela allow exploitation and container breakouts. Users should upgrade to Server 0.16.0, Worker 0.16.0, and UI 0.17.0 to fix the issue. After upgrading, Vela administrators will need to explicitly change the default settings to configure Vela as desired. Some of the fixes will interrupt existing workflows and will require Vela administrators to modify default settings. However, not applying the patch (or workarounds) will continue existing risk exposure. Some workarounds are available. Vela administrators can adjust the worker's `VELA_RUNTIME_PRIVILEGED_IMAGES` setting to be explicitly empty, leverage the `VELA_REPO_ALLOWLIST` setting on the server component to restrict access to a list of repositories that are allowed to be enabled, and/or audit enabled repositories and disable pull_requests if they are not needed.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.01439 73rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed server (go-vela): 0.16.0, 0.17.0github.com/go-vela/server (Go): 0.16.0+1 more product

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
go-velaserverbefore 0.16.0; before 0.17.00.16.0, 0.17.0Patch availableCNA
—github.com/go-vela/server (Go)before 0.16.00.16.0Patch availableGHSA-5m7g-pj8w-7593
—github.com/go-vela/worker (Go)before 0.16.00.16.0Patch availableGHSA-5m7g-pj8w-7593
  • server Vendorgo-vela Affected before 0.16.0; before 0.17.0 Fixed in 0.16.0, 0.17.0 Patch available CNA
  • github.com/go-vela/server (Go) Vendor— Affected before 0.16.0 Fixed in 0.16.0 Patch available GHSA-5m7g-pj8w-7593
  • github.com/go-vela/worker (Go) Vendor— Affected before 0.16.0 Fixed in 0.16.0 Patch available GHSA-5m7g-pj8w-7593

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:go-vela:server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 0.16.0Vulnerablego-vela
cpe:2.3:a:go-vela:ui:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 0.17.0Vulnerablego-vela
cpe:2.3:a:go-vela:worker:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 0.16.0Vulnerablego-vela
  • cpe:2.3:a:go-vela:server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 0.16.0 Vulnerable ·go-vela
  • cpe:2.3:a:go-vela:ui:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 0.17.0 Vulnerable ·go-vela
  • cpe:2.3:a:go-vela:worker:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 0.16.0 Vulnerable ·go-vela

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA server (go-vela) Fixed in 0.16.0, 0.17.0
  • Fix · GHSA-5m7g-pj8w-7593 github.com/go-vela/server (Go) Fixed in 0.16.0 Advisory →
  • Fix · GHSA-5m7g-pj8w-7593 github.com/go-vela/worker (Go) Fixed in 0.16.0 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-39395
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5m7g-pj8w-7593

References

Patch 1

Advisory 10

Other 1

Sources

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