# CVE-2024-56324: GoCD vulnerable to XXE injection via abuse of pipeline XML "snippet" editing by group admins

> Group admins can exploit XXE in pipeline XML editing to disclose server information or bypass security controls in GoCD.

- **Severity:** Low 2.1 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 3 Jan 2025
- **Updated:** 3 Jan 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3w9f-fgr5-5g78

## What is CVE-2024-56324?

CVE-2024-56324 is a low-severity vulnerability in gocd, published on 3 Jan 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

GoCD is a continuous deliver server. GoCD versions prior to 24.4.0 can allow GoCD "group admins" to abuse ability to edit the raw XML configuration for groups they administer to trigger XML External Entity (XXE) injection on the GoCD server. Theoretically, the XXE vulnerability can result in additional attacks such as SSRF, information disclosure from the GoCD server, and directory traversal, although these additional attacks have not been explicitly demonstrated as exploitable. This issue is fixed in GoCD 24.5.0. Some workarounds are available. One may temporarily block access to  `/go/*/pipelines/snippet` routes from an external reverse proxy or WAF if one's "group admin" users do not need the functionality to edit the XML of pipelines directly (rather than using the UI, or using a configuration repository). One may also prevent external access from one's GoCD server to arbitrary locations using some kind of environment egress control.

Weakness: CWE-611 (Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-56324?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Thoughtworks Gocd.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-56324?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-56324 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-56324 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-56324 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in gocd

- [CVE-2021-43290](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-43290/): Path traversal in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-44659](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-44659/): Server-side request forgery in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-56320](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-56320/): GoCD vulnerable to admin privilege escalation by a malicious internal/existing authenticated user (critical 9.4)
- [CVE-2022-39311](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-39311/): Compromised agents may be able to execute remote code on GoCD Server (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2022-29184](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-29184/): Command Injection/Argument Injection in GoCD (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-56324 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-56324 is a low-severity vulnerability in gocd, published on 3 Jan 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-56324 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: gocd. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-56324/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-56324/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-56324
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-56324
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-56324

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-56324/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.