# CVE-2024-8135: Go-Tribe gotribe token.go Sign hard-coded credentials

> Hard-coded credentials in the Sign function allow attackers to bypass security controls in the Go-Tribe gotribe library.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 24 Aug 2024
- **Updated:** 26 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-q7qh-f4pw-5h53

## What is CVE-2024-8135?

CVE-2024-8135 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Go-Tribe gotribe, published on 24 Aug 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Go-Tribe gotribe up to cd3ccd32cd77852c9ea73f986eaf8c301cfb6310. Affected is the function Sign of the file pkg/token/token.go. The manipulation of the argument config.key leads to hard-coded credentials. Continious delivery with rolling releases is used by this product. Therefore, no version details of affected nor updated releases are available. The patch is identified as 4fb9b9e80a2beedd09d9fde4b9cf5bd510baf18f. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Weakness: CWE-798 (Use of Hard-coded Credentials)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-8135?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Gotribe Gotribe.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-8135?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-8135 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-8135 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8135 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-8135 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-8135 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Go-Tribe gotribe, published on 24 Aug 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8135 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Go-Tribe gotribe. 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-2024-8135/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8135/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-8135
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8135
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-8135

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8135/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.