🛡️ CVE-2025-27616 — server

🟠 CVSS 8.5 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-290 NVD
8.5
CVSS Score
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Description

Vela Server Has Insufficient Webhook Payload Data Verification

Impact

Users with an enabled repository with access to repo level CI secrets in Vela are vulnerable to the exploit.

Any user with access to the CI instance and the linked source control manager can perform the exploit.

Method

By spoofing a webhook payload with a specific set of headers and body data, an attacker could transfer ownership of a repository and its repo level secrets to a separate repository.

These secrets could be exfiltrated by follow up builds to the repository.

Patches

v0.26.3 — Image: target/vela-server:v0.26.3

v0.25.3 — Image: target/vela-server:v0.25.3

Workarounds

_Is there a way for users to fix or remediate the vulnerability without upgrading?_

There are no workarounds to the issue.

References

_Are there any links users can visit to find out more?_

Please see linked CWEs (common weakness enumerators) for more information.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is high, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is changed, meaning a successful attack can affect components beyond the vulnerable one. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

Weakness class

CVE-2025-27616 is classified as CWE-290: Authentication Bypass by Spoofing. Identity is inferred from something an attacker can forge, such as a header or address.

Affected software

CVE-2025-27616 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • github.com/go-vela/server
  • unknown

Timeline and source

Published on 10 March 2025 and last revised on 3 March 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 (Web)
github.com (Package)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Web)
pkg.go.dev (Web)

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 8.5
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE CWE-290
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2025-03-10
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-03-03

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
github.com/go-vela/server — —
unknown — —

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