Unauthenticated Denial of Service in the octokit/webhooks library
Impact
Versions v9.26.0, v10.9.x), v11.1.x, v12.0.x all contained the code that would throw the error.
Specifically, during a pentest we encountered a bug in the octokit/webhooks library (a dependency of Probot, a framework for building Github Apps). The resulting request was found to cause an uncaught exception that ends the nodejs process.
The problem is caused by an issue with error handling in the @octokit/webhooks library because the error can be undefined in some cases.
Credit goes to @pb82 (for the early analysis) and @rh-tguittet (for discovery).
Patches
Maintenance releases for the Error being thrown by the verify method in octokit/webhooks.js
Maintenance release for the reference for octokit/webhooks.js in app.js
Maintenance release for the reference for octokit/webhooks.js in octokit.js
Maintenance release for the reference for octokit/webhooks.js in Protobot
Workarounds
It is recommend that all users upgrade to the latest version of octokit/webhooks.js or use one of the updated back ported versions.
Betroffene Software
Klicken Sie auf eine Technologie, um alle zugehörigen Schwachstellen anzuzeigen.
Verweise
- https://github.com/octokit/webhooks.js/security/advisories/GHSA-pwfr-8pq7-x9qv
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-50728
- https://github.com/octokit/app.js/releases/tag/v14.0.2
- https://github.com/octokit/octokit.js/releases/tag/v3.1.2
- https://github.com/octokit/webhooks.js
- https://github.com/octokit/webhooks.js/releases/tag/v10.9.2
- https://github.com/octokit/webhooks.js/releases/tag/v11.1.2
- https://github.com/octokit/webhooks.js/releases/tag/v12.0.4
- https://github.com/octokit/webhooks.js/releases/tag/v9.26.3
- https://github.com/probot/probot/releases/tag/v12.3.3
- CVSS-Vektor
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H- Schwäche (CWE)
CWE-755- Plattform
- npm
- Paket
octokit, @octokit/app, @octokit/webhooks- Veröffentlicht
- 16.12.2023
- Aktualisiert
- 11.10.2026 10:22
Quellen und Lizenzen
OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-pwfr-8pq7-x9qv - CC BY 4.0
Schwachstellenhistorie: octokit
Alle veröffentlichten Schwachstellen dieses Pakets (npm-Paket), neueste zuerst. Zeigt, ob es ein einmaliger Ausrutscher ist oder ein Paket, das man im Auge behalten muss.
Dies ist die einzige bekannte Schwachstelle dieses Pakets.
Erkennen Sie Schwachstellen in Ihrer Anwendung
Mit der DockRay-Integration und aktivierter Softwareinventarisierung prüft DockRay gemeldete Komponentenversionen auf bekannte Schwachstellen und benachrichtigt Sie über bestätigte Treffer. Die Abdeckung hängt von der unterstützten Technologie und den verfügbaren Meldungen ab.