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SCA: security update for go.woodpecker-ci.org/woodpecker/v3 (GHSA-qf34-295c-26v8)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 444712

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - Woodpecker is a CI/CD engine. From 1.0.0 until 3.16.0, pipeline/backend/kubernetes/backend_options.go
 defines backend_options.kubernetes.serviceAccountName, and the Kubernetes backend in
 pipeline/backend/kubernetes/pod.go copies that pipeline-step value directly into the pod specification
 without administrator authorization. Any user with Push permission on a connected repository can therefore
 run pipeline pods under an arbitrary ServiceAccount in the pipeline namespace and inherit that account's
 RBAC permissions. When a privileged ServiceAccount is reachable, the attacker can exfiltrate secrets such
 as database credentials, API keys, and TLS certificates and may take over the cluster. This issue is fixed
 in version 3.16.0. (CVE-2026-61549)

Solution

Update the go.woodpecker-ci.org/woodpecker/v3 library and its related packages to version 3.16.0 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qf34-295c-26v8

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 444712

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 7/15/2026

Updated: 9/16/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.11

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-61549

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9

Threat Score: 6.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/14/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/14/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-61549