CVE-2020-14189 Code injection in gajira-comment

Critical 9.8 Published Updated

Remote attackers can execute arbitrary code on GitHub runners by crafting malicious issue comments in the Atlassian gajira-comment action.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2020-14189?

CVE-2020-14189 is a critical code injection vulnerability in Atlassian gajira-comment, published on 9 Nov 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The execute function in in the Atlassian gajira-comment GitHub Action before version 2.0.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code in the context of a GitHub runner by creating a specially crafted GitHub issue comment.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-14189?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Atlassian Jira Comment.

How do I fix CVE-2020-14189?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-14189 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.

Is CVE-2020-14189 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-14189 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-hj6w-pm28-h8hf.

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