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Vulnerability record · CVE-2021-43290 · published 14 April 2022

CVE-2021-43290: Thoughtworks gocd path traversal vulnerability

Thoughtworks · Gocd

An issue was discovered in ThoughtWorks GoCD before 21.3.0. An attacker who has compromised a GoCD agent can upload a malicious file into a directory of a GoCD server. They can control the filename but the directory is placed inside of a directory that they can't control.

9.8 CVSS 3.1 Critical EPSS 3.2% · top 12.3% CWE-22 · Path traversal
9.8CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 7.5
3.2%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 who has compromised a GoCD agent can upload a malicious file into a directory of a GoCD server. They can control the filename but the directory is placed inside of a directory that they can't control.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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/4c4bb4780eb0d3fc4cacfc4cfcc0b07e2eaf0595 PatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/gocd/gocd/commit/c22e0428164af25d3e91baabd3f538a41cadc82f 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/4c4bb4780eb0d3fc4cacfc4cfcc0b07e2eaf0595 PatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/gocd/gocd/commit/c22e0428164af25d3e91baabd3f538a41cadc82f 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-2021-43290), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.