CVE-2023-42798

Repository destruction via unchecked release-directory root

Published Sep 22, 2023 · Updated Sep 24, 2024

Improper input validation in AutomataCI 1.4.1 and earlier allows local users to erase repository history through a release job. The GIT::hard_reset_to_init function fails to verify that PROJECT_PATH_RELEASE is a separate Git repository before hard-resetting it to its initial commit and force-pushing it. Triggering the release job with a missing or malformed release directory causes destructive changes to the root repository and its remote, and user interaction is required.

CVSS severity8.2
High
EPSS probability0.33%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Improper input validation in AutomataCI 1.4.1 and earlier allows local users to erase repository history through a release job. The GIT::hard_reset_to_init function fails to verify that PROJECT_PATH_RELEASE is a separate Git repository before hard-resetting it to its initial commit and force-pushing it. Triggering the release job with a missing or malformed release directory causes destructive changes to the root repository and its remote, and user interaction is required.

The record

CVE
CVE-2023-42798
Published
Sep 22, 2023
Updated
Sep 24, 2024
Vendor
Chew, Kean Ho
Product
AutomataCI
Classifications
CWE-20, T1485
Attack vector
local
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Sep 22, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Sep 24, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=< 1.5.0

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

Chew, Kean Ho · AutomataCIversion=< 1.5.0

Published CVSS scores

8.2GitHubCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
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Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-20Improper Input Validation
T1485Data Destruction

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