MinderApplication · Lfprojects
CVE-2024-27093
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedMinder is a Software Supply Chain Security Platform. In version 0.0.31 and earlier, it is possible for an attacker to register a repository with a invalid or differing upstream ID, which causes Minder to report the repository as registered, but not remediate any future changes which conflict with policy (because the webhooks for the repo do not match any known repository in the database). When attempting to register a repo with a different repo ID, the registered provider must have admin on the named repo, or a 404 error will result. Similarly, if the stored provider token does not have repo access, then the remediations will not apply successfully. Lastly, it appears that reconciliation actions do not execute against repos with this type of mismatch. This appears to primarily be a potential denial-of-service vulnerability. This vulnerability is patched in version 0.20240226.1425+ref.53868a8.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysisThe application accepts input without confirming it is well-formed or within expected bounds, so malformed data can push the program into states its author never anticipated. Attackers probe these gaps to trigger crashes, bypass logic, or feed tainted values into more dangerous operations downstream. Remediating it well means validating and normalising every input at the boundary against a strict allow-list — not merely filtering known-bad values.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
MinderApplication
<= 0.0.31CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scoped0.20240226.1425+ref.53868a8 (or any subsequent stable release)
- Identify the current Minder version in use (e.g., check via `minderversion` command or container image tag)
- Backup the Minder database and configuration files before proceeding
- Upgrade Minder to version 0.20240226.1425+ref.53868a8 or later. This may involve: a) If using container images: Update the image tag in your deployment (e.g., docker pull stacklok/minder:v0.20240226.1425+ref.53868a8 or the latest stable tag), b) If using binaries: Download the new release from the GitHub releases page and replace the existing binary, c) If using a package manager: Update via the a
- Verify the upgrade was successful by checking the new version number
- Review repository registrations in Minder to identify any that may have been registered with invalid/differing upstream IDs (check for repos where webhooks don't match known repositories in the database)
- Re-register any affected repositories with the correct upstream ID to ensure proper remediation and reconciliation
- Restart the Minder services if necessary to apply changes
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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