CVE-2023-30628 — Kiwi TCMS is an open source test management system

Kiwi TCMS is an open source test management system. In kiwitcms/Kiwi v12.2 and prior and kiwitcms/enterprise v12.2 and prior, the `changelog.yml` workflow is vulnerable to command injection attacks because of using an untrusted `github.head_ref` field. The `github.head_ref` value

01What is this vulnerability?

Kiwi TCMS is an open source test management system. In kiwitcms/Kiwi v12.2 and prior and kiwitcms/enterprise v12.2 and prior, the `changelog.yml` workflow is vulnerable to command injection attacks because of using an untrusted `github.head_ref` field. The `github.head_ref` value is an attacker-controlled value. Assigning the value to `zzz";echo${IFS}"hello";#` can lead to command injection…

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
kiwitcms	Kiwi	<= 12.2

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-04-24T21:17:32.896Z
• Last modified: 2025-02-12T16:35:13.434Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/kiwitcms/Kiwi/security/advisories/GHSA-cw6r-6ccx-5hwx
• github.com — https://github.com/kiwitcms/Kiwi/commit/834c86dfd1b2492ccad7ebbfd6304bfec895fed2
• github.com — https://github.com/kiwitcms/enterprise/commit/e39f7e156fdaf6fec09a15ea6f4e8fec8c…
• github.com — https://github.com/kiwitcms/Kiwi/blob/37bfb87696093ce0393160e2725949185cc0651d/.…
• securitylab.github.com — https://securitylab.github.com/research/github-actions-untrusted-input/