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TI-2024-18761 Aliases CVE-2024-28185

Judge0 vulnerable to Sandbox Escape via Symbolic Link

Priority MEDIUM 59CWE-59Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

Judge0 is an open-source online code execution system. The application does not account for symlinks placed inside the sandbox directory, which can be leveraged by an attacker to write to arbitrary files and gain code execution outside of the sandbox. When executing a submission, Judge0 writes a `run_script` to the sandbox directory. The security issue is that an attacker can create a symbolic link (symlink) at the path `run_script` before this code is executed, resulting in the `f.write` writing to an arbitrary file on the unsandboxed system. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to overwrite scripts on the system and gain code execution outside of the sandbox.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.07057 94th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
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
judge0judge0up to 1.13.0—No fix listedCNA
  • judge0 Vendorjudge0 Affected up to 1.13.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE names CISA-ADP · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:judge0:judge0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——judge0
  • cpe:2.3:a:judge0:judge0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·judge0

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-28185

References

  • TI-2024-18765 Judge0 vulnerable to Sandbox Escape Patch Bypass via chown running on Symbolic Link CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2024-19203 SSRF into Sandbox Escape through Unsafe Default Configuration CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1

Sources

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