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CVE-2023-28630

Sensitive information disclosure possible on misconfigured failed backups of non-H2 databases in gocd

MEDIUM
4.4
CVSS Score
Published: March 27, 2023 at 08:33 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:48 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsGocdGocd

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Severity
MEDIUM4.4
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

GoCD is an open source continuous delivery server. In GoCD versions from 20.5.0 and below 23.1.0, if the server environment is not correctly configured by administrators to provide access to the relevant PostgreSQL or MySQL backup tools, the credentials for database access may be unintentionally leaked to admin alerts on the GoCD user interface. The vulnerability is triggered only if the GoCD server host is misconfigured to have backups enabled, but does not have access to the `pg_dump` or `mysqldump` utility tools to backup the configured database type (PostgreSQL or MySQL respectively). In such cases, failure to launch the expected backup utility reports the shell environment used to attempt to launch in the server admin alert, which includes the plaintext database password supplied to the configured tool. This vulnerability does not affect backups of the default on-disk H2 database that GoCD is configured to use. This issue has been addressed and fixed in GoCD 23.1.0. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade may disable backups, or administrators should ensure that the required `pg_dump` (PostgreSQL) or `mysqldump` (MySQL) binaries are available on the GoCD server when backups are triggered.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Gocd· Thoughtworks
95%
20.5.0 ≤ v < 23.1.0
Affected range stops below 23.1.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Gocd· Gocd
60%
v < 23.1.0
Affected range stops below 23.1.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (4)

x_refsource_MISCPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/gocd/gocd/commit/6545481e7b36817dd6033bf614585a8db242070d
x_refsource_MISCRelease Notes
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/gocd/gocd/releases/tag/23.1.0
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/gocd/gocd/security/advisories/GHSA-p95w-gh78-qjmv
x_refsource_MISCRelease Notes
Source: [email protected]
https://www.gocd.org/releases/#23-1-0

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

4.4MEDIUM[email protected]
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-532

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