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🛡️ CVE-2024-23840 — goreleaser

🟡 CVSS 5.5 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-532 NVD
5.5
CVSS Score
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Description

goreleaser release --debug shows secrets

Summary

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goreleaser release --debug log shows secret values used in the in the custom publisher.

How to reproduce the issue:

  • Define a custom publisher as the one below. Make sure to provide a custom script to the cmd field and to provide a secret to env

```

#.goreleaser.yml

publishers:

  • name: my-publisher

# IDs of the artifacts we want to sign

ids:

  • linux_archives
  • linux_package

cmd: "./build/package/linux_notarize.sh"

env:

  • VERSION={{ .Version }}
  • SECRET_1={{.Env.SECRET_1}}
  • SECRET_2={{.Env.SECRET_2}}

```

  • run goreleaser release --debug

You should see your secret value in the gorelease log. The log shows also the GITHUB_TOKEN

Example:

```

running cmd= ....

SECRET_1=secret_value

```

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity none, availability none.

Weakness class

CVE-2024-23840 is classified as CWE-532: Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File. Sensitive values are written to logs, which are typically kept longer and read more widely than the data warrants.

Affected software

CVE-2024-23840 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser
  • goreleaser

Timeline and source

Published on 30 January 2024 and last revised on 4 February 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.

References

github.com (Web)
nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Package)

Details

Severity Medium
CVSS Score 5.5
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE CWE-532
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2024-01-30
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-02-04

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser — —
goreleaser — —

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