CVE-2026-58370: woodpecker · Authentication Bypass by Spoofing
Affects woodpeckerSource CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.1 High : upgrade to 3.15.0 soon.
Data as of 13 Nov 2026, 03:49 UTC
Thin evidence
One scorer or none| CNA (VulnCheck) | CVSS 3.1 | 8.1 |
|---|---|---|
| CNA (VulnCheck) | CVSS 4.0 | 9.2 |
- EPSS
- 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 54% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
- Patch
- Available – fixed in 3.15.0
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 30 Jun 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 13 Nov 2026.
What to do
Upgrade woodpecker to 3.15.0.
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| woodpecker-ciwoodpecker | Affected
| Fixed in
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GitHubwoodpeckerpkg:github/woodpeckerOther threats | Affected
| Fixed in
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AI-suggested
If you cannot patch yet, users should consider restricting merge request permissions from forks or disabling the affected GitLab forge driver integration to prevent exploitation.
Description
Woodpecker before 3.15.0 matches the ApprovalAllowedUsers bypass list against pipeline.Author. For the GitLab forge driver, pipeline.Author is populated from the git commit author name (commit.author.name) carried in the webhook payload, which is attacker-controlled and not verified by GitLab. A user who can open a merge request from a fork can set the commit author name to match an entry in ApprovalAllowedUsers, causing needsApproval to return false so the pipeline runs without the required approval. This defeats the fork-approval security boundary and allows execution of attacker-controlled pipeline steps on a Woodpecker agent and exfiltration of CI secrets exposed to the run. Other built-in forge drivers (Gitea, Forgejo, GitHub, Bitbucket) derive pipeline.Author from the forge-validated sender/actor identity and are not affected.
References
- github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker/releases/tag/v3.15.0 (opens in a new tab)
- github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker/pull/6653 (opens in a new tab)
- github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker/commit/98faae778c953678944996c89ed99307d2f16a3d (opens in a new tab)
- vulncheck.com/advisories/woodpecker-gitlab-approval-gate-bypass-via-spoofable-commit-author-name (opens in a new tab)