CVE-2021-21423

MEDIUM

projen < 0.16.41 - Unauthenticated Exposure of Version-Control Repository via Rebuild-Bot Workflow

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

`projen` is a project generation tool that synthesizes project configuration files such as `package.json`, `tsconfig.json`, `.gitignore`, GitHub Workflows, `eslint`, `jest`, and more, from a well-typed definition written in JavaScript. Users of projen's `NodeProject` project type (including any project type derived from it) include a `.github/workflows/rebuild-bot.yml` workflow that may allow any GitHub user to trigger execution of un-trusted code in the context of the "main" repository (as opposed to that of a fork). In some situations, such untrusted code may potentially be able to commit to the "main" repository. The rebuild-bot workflow is triggered by comments including `@projen rebuild` on pull-request to trigger a re-build of the projen project, and updating the pull request with the updated files. This workflow is triggered by an `issue_comment` event, and thus always executes with a `GITHUB_TOKEN` belonging to the repository into which the pull-request is made (this is in contrast with workflows triggered by `pull_request` events, which always execute with a `GITHUB_TOKEN` belonging to the repository from which the pull-request is made). Repositories that do not have branch protection configured on their default branch (typically `main` or `master`) could possibly allow an untrusted user to gain access to secrets configured on the repository (such as NPM tokens, etc). Branch protection prohibits this escalation, as the managed `GITHUB_TOKEN` would not be able to modify the contents of a protected branch and affected workflows must be defined on the default branch.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Mitigation, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/projen/projen/security/advisories/GHSA-gg2g-m5wc-vccq
Product, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.npmjs.com/package/projen

Scores

CVSS v3 6.8
EPSS 0.0138
EPSS Percentile 68.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-527
Status published
Products (3)
npm/projen 0.6.0 - 0.16.41npm
projen_project/projen 0.6.0 - 0.16.41
pypi/projen 0 - 0.16.41PyPI
Published Apr 06, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026