CVE-2022-39309Public exploitNetwork attack vector

Cross-environment secret decryption via serialized master key

Published Oct 14, 2022 · Updated Apr 23, 2025

Information disclosure in Thoughtworks GoCD before 21.1.0 allows remote authenticated users to obtain the server's secret-encryption key. Job material serialization includes a GoCipher object whose cipher provider contains the cipher.aes master key, placing that key in an agent response and memory. An authorized or compromised agent must receive a job, and decrypting other environments' secrets also requires access to their encrypted configuration values.

CVSS severity4.9
Medium
EPSS probability0.83%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Based on sourced intelligence
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Summary

What happened

Information disclosure in Thoughtworks GoCD before 21.1.0 allows remote authenticated users to obtain the server's secret-encryption key. Job material serialization includes a GoCipher object whose cipher provider contains the cipher.aes master key, placing that key in an agent response and memory. An authorized or compromised agent must receive a job, and decrypting other environments' secrets also requires access to their encrypted configuration values.

The record

CVE
CVE-2022-39309
Published
Oct 14, 2022
Updated
Apr 23, 2025
Vendor
Thoughtworks
Product
GoCD
Classifications
CWE-499, CWE-200, T1552
Attack vector
network
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Oct 14, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Apr 23, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=< 21.1.0

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

Thoughtworks · GoCDversion=< 21.1.0

Published CVSS scores

6.5NIST NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
4.9GitHub, Inc.CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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Attacks

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitPublished

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-499Serializable Class Containing Sensitive Data
CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
T1552Unsecured Credentials

Public exploit references

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