GrowthBook account creation and file upload vulnerability in self-hosted configurations
Published Sep 6, 2022
7.5
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.43%
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.
Affected products
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- Version < 2022-08-29StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
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| Growthbook | Growthbook | n/a |
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- < 1.6.0
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Remediation
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References (3)
- https://github.com/growthbook/growthbook/commit/1a5edff8786d141161bf880c2fd9ccbe2850a264 x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/growthbook/growthbook/pull/487 x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingMitigationPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/growthbook/growthbook/security/advisories/GHSA-j24q-55xh-wm4r x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingMitigationPatchThird Party Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://github.com/growthbook/growthbook/commit/1a5edff8786d141161bf880c2fd9ccbe2850a264 | x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory | |
| https://github.com/growthbook/growthbook/pull/487 | x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingMitigationPatchThird Party Advisory | |
| https://github.com/growthbook/growthbook/security/advisories/GHSA-j24q-55xh-wm4r | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingMitigationPatchThird Party Advisory |
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