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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.0

CVE-2026-61549 json

Woodpecker: Privilege escalation via unrestricted serviceAccountName in the Kubernetes backend

published 2026-07-14 3 mo ago modified 2026-09-30 39 d ago also GHSA-qf34-295c-26v8 , GO-2026-5992 , EUVD-2026-78774

cvss
9.0
version 4.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 20%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Woodpecker is a CI/CD engine. From 1.0.0 until 3.16.0, pipeline/backend/kubernetes/backend_options.go defines backend_options.kubernetes.serviceAccountName, and the Kubernetes backend in pipeline/backend/kubernetes/pod.go copies that pipeline-step value directly into the pod specification without administrator authorization. Any user with Push permission on a connected repository can therefore run pipeline pods under an arbitrary ServiceAccount in the pipeline namespace and inherit that account's RBAC permissions. When a privileged ServiceAccount is reachable, the attacker can exfiltrate secrets such as database credentials, API keys, and TLS certificates and may take over the cluster. This issue is fixed in version 3.16.0.

Patch / fix

  • go go.woodpecker-ci.org/woodpecker/v3 3.16.0
  • govulncheck-vulndb openSUSE Leap 16.0 0.0.20260723T184607-160000.1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
55 d ago

Exploit prediction

0.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 20% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 4.0 9.0 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
CNA 4.0 9.0 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
go go.woodpecker-ci.org/woodpecker/v3
<3.16.0
3.16.0
go github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker
>=1.0.0, <=1.0.4
>=1.0.0
 no fix listed
go go.woodpecker-ci.org/woodpecker/v2
<=2.8.3
all versions
 no fix listed
go go.woodpecker-ci.org/woodpecker
all versions
 no fix listed

Affected products

  • woodpecker-ci woodpecker

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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