High severity · published Sep 6, 2022
CVE-2022-36065
GrowthBook account creation and file upload vulnerability in self-hosted configurations
7.5
CVSS
1.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
GrowthBook is an open-source platform for feature flagging and A/B testing. With some self-hosted configurations in versions prior to 2022-08-29, attackers can register new accounts and upload files to arbitrary directories within the container. If the attacker uploads a Python script to the right location, they can execute arbitrary code within the container. To be affected, ALL of the following must be true: Self-hosted deployment (GrowthBook Cloud is unaffected); using local file uploads (as opposed to S3 or Google Cloud Storage); NODE_ENV set to a non-production value and JWT_SECRET set to an easily guessable string like `dev`. This issue is patched in commit 1a5edff8786d141161bf880c2fd9ccbe2850a264 (2022-08-29). As a workaround, set `JWT_SECRET` environment variable to a long random string. This will stop arbitrary file uploads, but the only way to stop attackers from registering accounts is by updating to the latest build.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.4% · higher than 73% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GR
growthbook · growthbook
< 2022-08-29 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-36065
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-36065
Patch
https://github.com/growthbook/growthbook/commit/1a5edff8786d141161bf880c2fd9ccbe2850a264
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/growthbook/growthbook/pull/487
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/growthbook/growthbook/security/advisories/GHSA-j24q-55xh-wm4r
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