Upstream information

CVE-2026-61549 at MITRE

Description

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.

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SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v4 Scores
CVSS detail CNA (GitHub) SUSE
Base Score 9 8.2
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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Attack Vector Network Network
Attack Complexity Low Low
Attack Requirements Present Present
Privileges Required Low None
User Interaction None None
Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High High
Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High None
Vulnerable System Availability Impact High None
Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact High None
Subsequent System Integrity Impact High None
Subsequent System Availability Impact High None
CVSSv4 Version 4.0 4.0
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1271456 [NEW]

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Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.1 govulncheck-vulndb Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.1 govulncheck-vulndb Released
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP5 govulncheck-vulndb Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Package Hub 15 SP6 govulncheck-vulndb Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.5 govulncheck-vulndb Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.6 govulncheck-vulndb Affected


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Wed Jul 15 15:32:30 2026
CVE page last modified: Mon Sep 21 11:50:19 2026