projectdiscovery nuclei up to 3.3.0 os command injection

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A vulnerability was found in projectdiscovery nuclei up to 3.3.0. It has been classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code. Performing a manipulation results in os command injection. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2024-40641. The attack requires a local approach. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in projectdiscovery nuclei up to 3.3.0. This affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a os command injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-78. The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Nuclei is a fast and customizable vulnerability scanner based on simple YAML based DSL. In affected versions it a way to execute code template without -code option and signature has been discovered. Some web applications inherit from Nuclei and allow users to edit and execute workflow files. In this case, users can execute arbitrary commands. (Although, as far as I know, most web applications use -t to execute). This issue has been addressed in version 3.3.0. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

The advisory is shared at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-40641 since 07/08/2024. The exploitability is told to be difficult. An attack has to be approached locally. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1202 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 3.3.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Project Management Software

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• projectdiscovery

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• nuclei

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• 3.0
• 3.1
• 3.2
• 3.3.0

Website

• Product: https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei/

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