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Vulnerability record · CVE-2021-43286 · published 14 April 2022

CVE-2021-43286: Thoughtworks gocd command injection vulnerability

Thoughtworks · Gocd

An issue was discovered in ThoughtWorks GoCD before 21.3.0. An attacker with privileges to create a new pipeline on a GoCD server can abuse a command-line injection in the Git URL "Test Connection" feature to execute arbitrary code.

8.8 CVSS 3.1 High EPSS 2.9% · top 13.6% CWE-77 · Command injection
8.8CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 6.5
2.9%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
8References, 2 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

An issue was discovered in ThoughtWorks GoCD before 21.3.0. An attacker with privileges to create a new pipeline on a GoCD server can abuse a command-line injection in the Git URL "Test Connection" feature to execute arbitrary code.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://blog.sonarsource.com/gocd-vulnerability-chain ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/gocd/gocd/commit/2b77b533abcbb79c8fc758dec9984305dc1ade42 PatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/gocd/gocd/commit/6fa9fb7a7c91e760f1adc2593acdd50f2d78676b PatchThird Party Advisory
https://www.gocd.org/releases/#21-3-0 Issue TrackingRelease NotesVendor Advisory
https://blog.sonarsource.com/gocd-vulnerability-chain ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/gocd/gocd/commit/2b77b533abcbb79c8fc758dec9984305dc1ade42 PatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/gocd/gocd/commit/6fa9fb7a7c91e760f1adc2593acdd50f2d78676b PatchThird Party Advisory
https://www.gocd.org/releases/#21-3-0 Issue TrackingRelease NotesVendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2021-43286), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.