PipeCD Vulnerable to Privilege Escalation

published 2025-03-21 19 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-4jhw-c53w-w5r7 , GO-2025-3546 , EUVD-2025-7208

cvss: 9.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.5%; EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 42%
public exploits: 0; none known

Insecure permissions in pipecd v0.49 allow attackers to gain access to the service account's token, leading to escalation of privileges.

Patch / fix

distros 1

govulncheck-vulndb openSUSE Tumbleweed 0.0.20250327T184518-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2025:14937-1

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 19 mo ago (2025-03-24)

Exploit prediction

0.50% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 42% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CISA ADP	3.1	9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA	3.1	9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
GitHub	3.1	9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
go	github.com/pipe-cd/pipecd	<=0.49.0 all versions	no fix listed

Classification

Weakness

CWE-276 Incorrect Default Permissions
CWE-284 Improper Access Control
CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

github.com /pipe-cd/pipecd
package, product
pipecd.dev /
product
gist.github.com /HouqiyuA/948a808b8bd48b17b37a4d5e0b6fb005
web, third-party-advisory
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2024-53351
advisory
pipecd.dev
web
github.com /advisories/GHSA-4jhw-c53w-w5r7
advisory

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

Summary