CVE-2021-43287 (GCVE-0-2021-43287)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-04-14 11:52 – Updated: 2024-08-04 03:55
VLAI Previdian
Summary
An issue was discovered in ThoughtWorks GoCD before 21.3.0. The business continuity add-on, which is enabled by default, leaks all secrets known to the GoCD server to unauthenticated attackers.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Previdian
Known Exploited Vulnerability - GCVE BCP-07 Compliant
KEV entry ID: 65445778-c801-4893-b602-8caf4231a832

Vulnerability ID: CVE-2021-43287

Status: Confirmed

Status Updated: 2025-07-26 02:00 CEST

Exploited: Yes

Timestamps
First Seen: 2025-07-26
Asserted: 2025-07-26
Scope
Notes: An issue was discovered in ThoughtWorks GoCD before 21.3.0. The business continuity add-on, which is enabled by default, leaks all secrets known to... | Affected: ThoughtWorks / GoCD | CVSS: 7.5 (HIGH) | EPSS: 0.2736 | Used in malware: unknown | Not yet in CISA KEV: True
Evidence

Type: Public Report

Signal: Successful Exploitation

Confidence: 70%

Source: previdian

Details
Feed Previdian (previdian.com)
Title An issue was discovered in ThoughtWorks GoCD before 21.3.0. The business continuity add-on, which is enabled by default, leaks all secrets known to...
Cve Id CVE-2021-43287
Vendor ThoughtWorks
Ghsa Id GHSA-4X25-WQ2V-85F9
Product GoCD
Added Date 2025-07-26T00:00:00.000Z
Cvss Score 7.5
Epss Score 0.2736
Previous Ids
Cvss Severity HIGH
Virtual Patch False
Cvss Estimated False
Epss Percentile 0.98005
Used In Malware unknown
Vulnerability Id CVE-2021-43287
Ahead Of Cisa Kev None
Not Yet In Cisa Kev True
References
Created: 2026-10-02 09:09 CEST | Updated: 2026-10-02 09:09 CEST
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