9.3
CRITICAL
CVE-2024-38368
CoacoaPods Trunk Unauthorized Pod Claiming and Removal Vulnerability
Description

trunk.cocoapods.org is the authentication server for the CoacoaPods dependency manager. A vulnerability affected older pods which migrated from the pre-2014 pull request workflow to trunk. If the pods had never been claimed then it was still possible to do so. It was also possible to have all owners removed from a pod, and that made the pod available for the same claiming system. This was patched server-side in commit 71be5440906b6bdfbc0bcc7f8a9fec33367ea0f4 in September 2023.

INFO

Published Date :

July 1, 2024, 9:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 9:25 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

4.7

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2024-38368 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Cocoapods trunk.cocoapods.org

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2024-38368 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://blog.cocoapods.org/Claim-Your-Pods
    Added Reference https://blog.cocoapods.org/CocoaPods-Trunk-RCEs-2023
    Added Reference https://evasec.webflow.io/blog/eva-discovered-supply-chain-vulnerabities-in-cocoapods#1-taking-unauthorized-ownership-over-orphaned-pods
    Added Reference https://github.com/CocoaPods/CocoaPods/security/advisories/GHSA-j483-qm5c-7hqx
    Added Reference https://github.com/CocoaPods/trunk.cocoapods.org/commit/71be5440906b6bdfbc0bcc7f8a9fec33367ea0f4
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 18, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:cocoapods:trunk.cocoapods.org:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2023-10-22 OR *cpe:2.3:a:cocoapods:trunk.cocoapods.org:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2023-09-22
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 18, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:L
    Changed Reference Type https://blog.cocoapods.org/Claim-Your-Pods No Types Assigned https://blog.cocoapods.org/Claim-Your-Pods Product
    Changed Reference Type https://blog.cocoapods.org/CocoaPods-Trunk-RCEs-2023 No Types Assigned https://blog.cocoapods.org/CocoaPods-Trunk-RCEs-2023 Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://evasec.webflow.io/blog/eva-discovered-supply-chain-vulnerabities-in-cocoapods#1-taking-unauthorized-ownership-over-orphaned-pods No Types Assigned https://evasec.webflow.io/blog/eva-discovered-supply-chain-vulnerabities-in-cocoapods#1-taking-unauthorized-ownership-over-orphaned-pods Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/CocoaPods/CocoaPods/security/advisories/GHSA-j483-qm5c-7hqx No Types Assigned https://github.com/CocoaPods/CocoaPods/security/advisories/GHSA-j483-qm5c-7hqx Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/CocoaPods/trunk.cocoapods.org/commit/71be5440906b6bdfbc0bcc7f8a9fec33367ea0f4 No Types Assigned https://github.com/CocoaPods/trunk.cocoapods.org/commit/71be5440906b6bdfbc0bcc7f8a9fec33367ea0f4 Patch
    Added CWE NIST NVD-CWE-noinfo
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:cocoapods:trunk.cocoapods.org:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2023-10-22
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 02, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V3.1 GitHub, Inc. AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L
    Added CVSS V3.1 GitHub, Inc. AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:L
  • CVE Received by [email protected]

    Jul. 01, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description trunk.cocoapods.org is the authentication server for the CoacoaPods dependency manager. A vulnerability affected older pods which migrated from the pre-2014 pull request workflow to trunk. If the pods had never been claimed then it was still possible to do so. It was also possible to have all owners removed from a pod, and that made the pod available for the same claiming system. This was patched server-side in commit 71be5440906b6bdfbc0bcc7f8a9fec33367ea0f4 in September 2023.
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/CocoaPods/CocoaPods/security/advisories/GHSA-j483-qm5c-7hqx [No types assigned]
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/CocoaPods/trunk.cocoapods.org/commit/71be5440906b6bdfbc0bcc7f8a9fec33367ea0f4 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://blog.cocoapods.org/Claim-Your-Pods [No types assigned]
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://blog.cocoapods.org/CocoaPods-Trunk-RCEs-2023 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://evasec.webflow.io/blog/eva-discovered-supply-chain-vulnerabities-in-cocoapods#1-taking-unauthorized-ownership-over-orphaned-pods [No types assigned]
    Added CWE GitHub, Inc. CWE-668
    Added CVSS V3.1 GitHub, Inc. AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L
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