CVE-2023-26493 Command Injection in Cocos Engine workflow
Attackers could inject commands via pull request branch names in Cocos Engine's CI workflow to execute code and steal secrets.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-26493?
CVE-2023-26493 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in cocos-engine, published on 27 Mar 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Cocos Engine is an open-source framework for building 2D & 3D real-time rendering and interactive content. In the github repo for Cocos Engine the `web-interface-check.yml` was subject to command injection. The `web-interface-check.yml` was triggered when a pull request was opened or updated and contained the user controllable field `(${{ github.head_ref }} – the name of the fork’s branch)`. This would allow an attacker to take over the GitHub Runner and run custom commands (potentially stealing secrets such as GITHUB_TOKEN) and altering the repository. The workflow has since been removed for the repository. There are no actions required of users.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-26493?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cocos Cocos-Engine.
How do I fix CVE-2023-26493?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-26493 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2023-26493 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-26493 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.