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TI-2024-25625 Aliases CVE-2024-38368

Trunk's 'Claim your pod' could be used to obtain un-used pods

Priority MEDIUM 62CWE-668Published · Updated

Key facts

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

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

Summary

trunk.cocoapods.org is the authentication server for the CoacoaPods dependency manager. A vulnerability affected older pods which migrated from the pre-2014 pull request workflow to trunk. If the pods had never been claimed then it was still possible to do so. It was also possible to have all owners removed from a pod, and that made the pod available for the same claiming system. This was patched server-side in commit 71be5440906b6bdfbc0bcc7f8a9fec33367ea0f4 in September 2023.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.14851 96th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed CocoaPods (CocoaPods): 71be5440906b6bdfbc0bcc7f8a9fec33367ea0f4

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
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
CocoaPodsCocoaPodsbefore 71be5440906b6bdfbc0bcc7f8a9fec33367ea0f471be5440906b6bdfbc0bcc7f8a9fec33367ea0f4Patch availableCNA
  • CocoaPods VendorCocoaPods Affected before 71be5440906b6bdfbc0bcc7f8a9fec33367ea0f4 Fixed in 71be5440906b6bdfbc0bcc7f8a9fec33367ea0f4 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:cocoapods:trunk.cocoapods.org:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:*:*before 2023-09-22VulnerableCocoaPods
  • cpe:2.3:a:cocoapods:trunk.cocoapods.org:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:*:* Versions before 2023-09-22 Vulnerable ·CocoaPods

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA CocoaPods (CocoaPods) Fixed in 71be5440906b6bdfbc0bcc7f8a9fec33367ea0f4

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-38368
  2. 2026-11-03 CISA SSVC decision points changed

References

Patch 1

Advisory 3

Other 1

  • TI-2024-25623 CoacoaPods trunk RCE in email verification system rfc-822 CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2024-25624 CoacoaPods trunk sessions verification step could be manipulated for owner session hijacking CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6

Sources

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