PipeCD Vulnerable to Privilege Escalation

CRITICAL 9.8CVE-2024-53351 · GHSA-4jhw-c53w-w5r7 · GO-2025-3546 · Published 21/03/2025 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2024-53351 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability affecting github.com/pipe-cd/pipecd, pipecd (linuxfoundation).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.50%, higher than 42.5% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
github.com/pipe-cd/pipecd Go	`≤ 0.49.0all versions`	No fix yet
pipecd linuxfoundation	`≤ 0.49.3`	No fix yet

Insecure permissions in pipecd v0.49 allow attackers to gain access to the service account's token, leading to escalation of privileges.

NVD description

Insecure permissions in pipecd v0.49 allow attackers to gain access to the service account's token, leading to escalation of privileges.

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