← Vulnerability feed

Vulnerability record · CVE-2024-28189 · published 18 April 2024

CVE-2024-28189: Link following vulnerability

Judge0 is an open-source online code execution system. The application uses the UNIX chown command on an untrusted file within the sandbox. An attacker can abuse this by creating a symbolic link (symlink) to a file outside the sandbox, allowing the attacker to run chown on arbitrary files outside of the sandbox. This vulnerability is not impactful on it's own, but it can be used to bypass the patch for CVE-2024-28185 and obtain a complete sandbox escape. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.13.1.

10.0 CVSS 3.1 Critical EPSS 7.2% · top 5.9% CWE-59 · Link followingCWE-61 · CWE-61 Deferred
10.0CVSS 3.1 base score
7.2%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
0Affected product versions listed by NVD
8References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Judge0 is an open-source online code execution system. The application uses the UNIX chown command on an untrusted file within the sandbox. An attacker can abuse this by creating a symbolic link (symlink) to a file outside the sandbox, allowing the attacker to run chown on arbitrary files outside of the sandbox. This vulnerability is not impactful on it's own, but it can be used to bypass the patch for CVE-2024-28185 and obtain a complete sandbox escape. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.13.1.

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

References

LinkTags
https://github.com/judge0/judge0/blob/v1.13.0/app/jobs/isolate_job.rb#L232
https://github.com/judge0/judge0/commit/f3b8547b3b67863e4ea0ded3adcb963add56addd
https://github.com/judge0/judge0/security/advisories/GHSA-3xpw-36v7-2cmg
https://github.com/judge0/judge0/security/advisories/GHSA-h9g2-45c8-89cf
https://github.com/judge0/judge0/blob/v1.13.0/app/jobs/isolate_job.rb#L232
https://github.com/judge0/judge0/commit/f3b8547b3b67863e4ea0ded3adcb963add56addd
https://github.com/judge0/judge0/security/advisories/GHSA-3xpw-36v7-2cmg
https://github.com/judge0/judge0/security/advisories/GHSA-h9g2-45c8-89cf

Track CVE-2024-28189 inside VULONE

Watch it alongside the ransomware crews, C2 infrastructure and forum chatter that reference it, query it through the API and pull it into your SIEM over TAXII.

Start free Open in platform

Related vulnerabilities

Same products first, then exploited flaws of the same weakness class.

7.8CVE-2026-81963Windows Update Stack link-following privilege escalationWindows Update Stack resolves links improperly before accessing files, a link-following flaw (CWE-59) compounded by improper access control (CWE-284)…KEVEPSS 0.39%analysed7.8CVE-2015-5287ABRT abrt-hook-ccpp symlink privilege escalationThe abrt-hook-ccpp helper in Red Hat's Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) before 2.7.1 follows symlinks on files with predictable names, letting a l…KEVEPSS 5.0%analysed7.8CVE-2026-41091Microsoft Defender link following allows local privilege elevationMicrosoft Defender's malware protection engine resolves links improperly before accessing files, a link-following flaw (CWE-59). A local attacker wit…KEVEPSS 0.44%analysed7.2CVE-2024-57728SimpleHelp zip slip path traversal allows arbitrary file write and code executionSimpleHelp remote support software v5.5.7 and earlier lets admin users upload a crafted zip file that writes files anywhere on the file system via zi…KEVEPSS 65%analysed7.8CVE-2025-60710Windows Task Host link following privilege escalationThe Host Process for Windows Tasks resolves links improperly before accessing files (CWE-59), letting a local attacker redirect file operations to at…KEVEPSS 4.6%analysed8.0CVE-2025-48384Git config CRLF handling allows submodule path link-following code executionGit mishandles trailing carriage returns when writing config values, so a submodule path ending in CR is read back altered during submodule initializ…KEVEPSS 4.1%analysed7.1CVE-2025-21391Microsoft Windows Storage Elevation of Privilege via Link FollowingCVE-2025-21391 is a link-following flaw in the Windows Storage component that lets a local user escalate privileges. It affects a broad set of Window…KEVEPSS 2.3%analysed7.0CVE-2024-38106Windows Kernel elevation of privilege via race conditionCVE-2024-38106 is a Windows Kernel elevation of privilege vulnerability affecting a broad set of Windows 10, Windows 11 and Windows Server releases. …KEVEPSS 6.3%analysed

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2024-28189), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.