# CVE-2024-42363: GHSL-2023-136\_Samson

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3385
- Published: 2024-08-20 · Updated: 2024-08-20

## Affected

- Zendesk Samson: fixed in 3385

## Description

Prior to 3385, the user-controlled role parameter enters the application in the Kubernetes::RoleVerificationsController. The role parameter flows into the RoleConfigFile initializer and then into the Kubernetes::Util.parse_file method where it is unsafely deserialized using the YAML.load_stream method. This issue may lead to Remote Code Execution (RCE). This vulnerability is fixed in 3385.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Zendesk Samson, upgrade to a fixed version (3385) per the references below.
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## References

- https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2023-136_Samson/
- https://github.com/zendesk/samson/pull/4071
- https://github.com/zendesk/samson/blob/107efb4a252425966aac5e77d0c3670f9b5d7229/plugins/kubernetes/app/controllers/kubernetes/role_verifications_controller.rb#L10
- https://github.com/zendesk/samson/blob/107efb4a252425966aac5e77d0c3670f9b5d7229/plugins/kubernetes/app/controllers/kubernetes/role_verifications_controller.rb#L7
- https://github.com/zendesk/samson/blob/107efb4a252425966aac5e77d0c3670f9b5d7229/plugins/kubernetes/app/models/kubernetes/role_config_file.rb#L80
- https://github.com/zendesk/samson/blob/107efb4a252425966aac5e77d0c3670f9b5d7229/plugins/kubernetes/app/models/kubernetes/util.rb#L9

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