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1 vulnerability by growthbook
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)
CWE
Assigner
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Impacted products
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Affected:
< 2022-08-29
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