# CVE-2021-21432: Reject unauthorized access with GitHub PATs

- Also known as: GHSA-8J3F-MHQ8-GMH4, GO-2022-0812
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.7.5
- Published: 2021-04-09 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- go-vela server: from 0.7.0, fixed in 0.7.5
- github.com/go-vela/server (Go): from 0.7.0, fixed in 0.7.5

## Description

Vela is a Pipeline Automation (CI/CD) framework built on Linux container technology written in Golang. An authentication mechanism added in version 0.7.0 enables some malicious user to obtain secrets utilizing the injected credentials within the `~/.netrc` file. Refer to the referenced GitHub Security Advisory for complete details. This is fixed in version 0.7.5.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on go-vela server, github.com/go-vela/server, upgrade to a fixed version (0.7.5) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/go-vela/server/security/advisories/GHSA-8j3f-mhq8-gmh4
- https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-vela/server
- https://github.com/go-vela/server/releases/tag/v0.7.5
- https://github.com/go-vela/server/pull/337
- https://github.com/go-vela/server/commit/cb4352918b8ecace9fe969b90404d337b0744d46

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