CVE-2024-53983: Detailed Vulnerability Analysis and Overview

Status: Received - Published on 29-11-2024

CVE-2024-53983
Vulnerability Scoring

5.4
/10

Attack Complexity Details

  • Attack Complexity: HIGH IMPACT
  • Attack Vector: NETWORK
  • Privileges Required: HIGH IMPACT
  • Scope: CHANGED
  • User Interaction: REQUIRED

CIA Impact Definition

  • Confidentiality: HIGH IMPACT
  • Integrity:
  • Availability:

CVE-2024-53983 Vulnerability Summary

The Backstage Scaffolder plugin Houses types and utilities for building scaffolder-related modules. A vulnerability is identified in Backstage Scaffolder template functionality where Server-Side Template Injection (SSTI) can be exploited to perform Git config injection. The vulnerability allows an attacker to capture privileged git tokens used by the Backstage Scaffolder plugin. With these tokens, unauthorized access to sensitive resources in git can be achieved. The impact is considered medium severity as the Backstage Threat Model recommends restricting access to adding and editing templates in the Backstage Catalog plugin. The issue has been resolved in versions `v0.4.12`, `v0.5.1` and `v0.6.1` of the `@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-node` package. Users are encouraged to upgrade to this version to mitigate the vulnerability. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade may ensure that templates do not change git config.

Access Complexity Graph for CVE-2024-53983

Impact Analysis for CVE-2024-53983

CVE-2024-53983: Detailed Information and External References

EPSS

0.00043

EPSS %

0.10702

References

0.00043

CWE

CWE-918

CAPEC

0.00043

CVSS3 Source

security-advisories@github.com

CVSS3 Type

Secondary

CVSS3 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

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