CVE-2024-38366 in the critical feed json
CoacoaPods trunk RCE in email verification system rfc-822
published 2024-07-01 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-37280
- cvss
- 10.0
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 17.8%
- EPSS 17.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
trunk.cocoapods.org is the authentication server for the CoacoaPods dependency manager. The part of trunk which verifies whether a user has a real email address on signup used a rfc-822 library which executes a shell command to validate the email domain MX records validity. It works via an DNS MX. This lookup could be manipulated to also execute a command on the trunk server, effectively giving root access to the server and the infrastructure. This issue was patched server-side with commit 001cc3a430e75a16307f5fd6cdff1363ad2f40f3 in September 2023. This RCE triggered a full user-session reset, as an attacker could have used this method to write to any Podspec in trunk.
Patch / fix
- CocoaPods CocoaPods 001cc3a430e75a16307f5fd6cdff1363ad2f40f3
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- Proof of concept is public
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
- Assessed
- 2 y ago
Exploit prediction
17.79% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Exploits and checks
- evasec.webflow.io https://evasec.webflow.io/blog/eva-discovered-supply-chain-vulnerabities-in-cocoapods#2-remote-code-execution-on-the-cocoapods-trunk-server referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 10.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 3.1 | 10.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Affected products
- CocoaPods CocoaPods
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-74 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component
References
-
evasec.webflow.io
/blog/eva-discovered-supply-chain-vulnerabities-in-cocoapods#2-remote-code-execution-on-the-cocoapods-trunk-se
exploit, third-party-advisory
-
blog.cocoapods.org
/CocoaPods-Trunk-RCEs-2023
vendor-advisory
-
github.com
/CocoaPods/CocoaPods/security/advisories/GHSA-x2x4-g675-qg7c
third-party-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2024-38366
- NVD CVE-2024-38366
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