GoCD is vulnerable to historical server configuration API authorization bypass
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-863.
Summary
GoCD is a continuous deliver server. From 12.3.1 until 26.1.0, legacy routes under /go/admin/restful/* expose historical full server configuration to pipeline group administrators instead of restricting responses to configuration for groups they administer. The disclosed configuration can include agent auto-registration keys, webhook invocation keys, encrypted material credentials, and GoCD administrator lists. A malicious pipeline group administrator can use disclosed agent registration data to connect a rogue compatible agent, which can create a higher-complexity path to receiving work or overwriting artifacts associated with other groups. Normal authenticated users are not affected, the endpoint does not modify server configuration, and deployments that restrict pipeline editing to full administrators or configuration repositories are not affected. 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-2026-52742
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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