CVE-2021-44659
Published: 22 December 2021
Summary
CVE-2021-44659 is a critical-severity SSRF (CWE-918) vulnerability in Thoughtworks Gocd. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 16.0% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-31479
Vulnerability details
Adding a new pipeline in GoCD server version 21.3.0 has a functionality that could be abused to do an un-intended action in order to achieve a Server Side Request Forgery (SSRF). NOTE: the vendor's position is that the observed behavior…
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is not a vulnerability, because the product's design allows an admin to configure outbound requests
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Penetration testing attempts server-side requests to internal resources, identifying SSRF weaknesses for remediation.
Outbound connections to external resources can be monitored and limited at the boundary, reducing SSRF impact.
Validates server-side URLs and resource references to block SSRF attempts.
Detects server-side request forgery through monitoring of unexpected outbound connections.