CVE-2023-43116 is a symbolic link following vulnerability affecting Buildkite Elastic CI for AWS versions prior to 6.7.1 and 5.22.5. This flaw allows a low-privileged buildkite-agent user to change ownership of arbitrary directories by manipulating the PIPELINE_PATH variable within the fix-buildkite-agent-builds-permissions script. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability presents a significant risk, as it can lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability through local, low-complexity attacks. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 5.22.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:buildkite:elastic_ci_stack:*:*:*:*:*:aws:*:* | ||
>= 6.0.0, < 6.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:buildkite:elastic_ci_stack:*:*:*:*:*:aws:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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