CVE-2024-3924 MEDIUM

CVE-2024-3924: Code Injection in huggingface/text-generation-inference

Vendor Huggingface
Product huggingface/text-generation-inference
Weakness CWE-94 · Code injection
Published May 30, 2024
Last update August 1, 2024

CVSS base score

4.4/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction Required
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

A code injection vulnerability exists in the huggingface/text-generation-inference repository, specifically within the `autodocs.yml` workflow file. The vulnerability arises from the insecure handling of the `github.head_ref` user input, which is used to dynamically construct a command for installing a software package. An attacker can exploit this by forking the repository, creating a branch with a malicious payload as the name, and then opening a pull request to the base repository. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution within the context of the GitHub Actions runner. This issue affects versions up to and including v2.0.0 and was fixed in version 2.0.0.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

May 30, 2024 CVE published
August 1, 2024 Record updated

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