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    CVE-2022-36065 (GCVE-0-2022-36065)

    Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-09-06 21:05 – Updated: 2025-04-23 17:14
    VLAI
    Title
    GrowthBook account creation and file upload vulnerability in self-hosted configurations
    Summary
    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.
    Severity
    7.5 (High)
    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    SSVC
    Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
    CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
    CWE
    • CWE-24 - Path Traversal: '../filedir'
    • CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
    Assigner
    References
    Impacted products
    Vendor Product Version
    growthbook growthbook Affected: < 2022-08-29
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