# CVE-2024-34084: Minder's Github Webhook Handler vulnerable to denial of service from un-validated requests

- Also known as: GHSA-9C5W-9Q3F-3HV7, GO-2024-2821
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.0.48
- Published: 2024-05-07 · Updated: 2024-08-02

## Affected

- stacklok minder: fixed in 0.0.48
- github.com/stacklok/minder (Go): fixed in 0.0.48

## Description

Minder's `HandleGithubWebhook` is susceptible to a denial of service attack from an untrusted HTTP request. The vulnerability exists before the request has been validated, and as such the request is still untrusted at the point of failure. This allows an attacker with the ability to send requests to `HandleGithubWebhook` to crash the Minder controlplane and deny other users from using it. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.0.48.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on stacklok minder, github.com/stacklok/minder, upgrade to a fixed version (0.0.48) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/stacklok/minder/security/advisories/GHSA-9c5w-9q3f-3hv7
- https://github.com/stacklok/minder/commit/3e5a527d2f1b535159206161d1d519602c75bd0d

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