CVE-2023-43116

Summary

CVE-2023-43116 is a symbolic link following vulnerability affecting Buildkite Elastic CI for AWS versions below 6.7.1 and 5.22.5. This issue enables the buildkite-agent user to alter ownership of arbitrary directories through manipulation of the PIPELINE_PATH variable in the "fix-buildkite-agent-builds-permissions" script. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to unintended changes in file permissions and potential security risks. It is recommended that users upgrade to the latest versions of Buildkite Elastic CI for AWS to mitigate this threat.

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