GoCD has stored XSS possible via tracking tool link highlighting on Compare Pipeline pages
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Passive
- Attack complexity
- High
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · Low
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-80.
Summary
GoCD is a continuous deliver server. From 18.3.0 until 26.1.0, GoCD can generate unescaped tracking-tool links from commit comments when a project uses a lenient Tracking Tool regular expression with an ID capturing group, such as JIRA-(.+). An attacker with commit access to a tracked material can place URI or HTML special characters in a matching commit comment, causing stored cross-site scripting when a victim views an affected Compare Pipeline page. Deployments without Tracking Tool integration, without an ID capturing group, or with conservative matchers that cannot match special characters are not affected. Successful exploitation can expose a privileged user session or allow changes using the victim's credentials and privileges. This issue is fixed in version 26.1.0.
Why it matters now
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
Remediation
- Fix · CNA gocd (gocd) Fixed in 26.1.0
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-52741
References
More gocd vulnerabilities
- TI-2021-09947 An issue was discovered in StaticPool in SUCHMOKUO node-worker-threads-pool version… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- 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
Sources
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