CVE-2023-30628
Kiwi TCMS has command injection vulnerability in changelog.yml CI workflow
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- GitHub_M
Description
Kiwi TCMS is an open source test management system. In kiwitcms/Kiwi v12.2 and prior and kiwitcms/enterprise v12.2 and prior, the `changelog.yml` workflow is vulnerable to command injection attacks because of using an untrusted `github.head_ref` field. The `github.head_ref` value is an attacker-controlled value. Assigning the value to `zzz";echo${IFS}"hello";#` can lead to command injection. Since the permission is not restricted, the attacker has a write-access to the repository. Commit 834c86dfd1b2492ccad7ebbfd6304bfec895fed2 of the kiwitcms/Kiwi repository and commit e39f7e156fdaf6fec09a15ea6f4e8fec8cdbf751 of the kiwitcms/enterprise repository contain a fix for this issue.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: a proof of concept is public.
Timeline
ID reserved
By GitHub_M
- 11 days later
· 11 days later
Published
- 22 months later
· 22 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.6% · top 10% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Weakness
Affected products
References (5)
- https://github.com/kiwitcms/Kiwi/security/advisories/GHSA-cw6r-6ccx-5hwx (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/kiwitcms/Kiwi/commit/834c86dfd1b2492ccad7ebbfd6304bfec895fed2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/kiwitcms/enterprise/commit/e39f7e156fdaf6fec09a15ea6f4e8fec8cdbf751 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/kiwitcms/Kiwi/blob/37bfb87696093ce0393160e2725949185cc0651d/.github/workflows/changelog.yml#L18 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://securitylab.github.com/research/github-actions-untrusted-input/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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