CVE-2024-27294 dp-golang Go installation could be owned by wrong user
Attackers can exploit incorrect file ownership in dp-golang installations to escalate privileges by modifying compiler binaries.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-27294?
CVE-2024-27294 is a high-severity vulnerability in danielparks puppet-golang, published on 29 Feb 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
dp-golang is a Puppet module for Go installations. Prior to 1.2.7, dp-golang could install files — including the compiler binary — with the wrong ownership when Puppet was run as root and the installed package was On macOS: Go version 1.4.3 through 1.21rc3, inclusive, go1.4-bootstrap-20170518.tar.gz, or go1.4-bootstrap-20170531.tar.gz. The user and group specified in Puppet code were ignored for files within the archive. dp-puppet version 1.2.7 will recreate installations if the owner or group of any file or directory within that installation does not match the requested owner or group
Weakness: CWE-732
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-27294?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Danielparks Dp-Golang.
How do I fix CVE-2024-27294?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-27294 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-27294 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-27294 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8h8m-h98f-vv84.