Soft Serve vulnerable to arbitrary file writing through SSH APIGHSA-33pr-m977-5w97
HIGHGHSA-33pr-m977-5w97 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.7) Path Traversal vulnerability in github.com/charmbracelet/soft-serve. A fix is available for github.com/charmbracelet/soft-serve — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Exploitation Status
Proof-of-concept exploit code exists
- CISA’s SSVC triage found public proof-of-concept exploit code for this CVE, though no confirmed active exploitation.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for GHSA-33pr-m977-5w97.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
Where this sits among everything scored
Real-World Exposure
github.com/charmbracelet/soft-serveReal-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Go packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
Description
Attackers can create/override arbitrary files with uncontrolled data.
For a PoC, spin up an instance of soft-serve as explained in the README, and execute the following command:
ssh -p23231 localhost repo commit icecream -- --output=/tmp/pwned
It should have created a file in /tmp/pwned.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐹Go | github.com/charmbracelet/soft-serve | all versions | 0.10.0go get github.com/charmbracelet/soft-serve@v0.10.0 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for github.com/charmbracelet/soft-serve, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update github.com/charmbracelet/soft-serve to 0.10.0 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-33pr-m977-5w97 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
Resolve every user-supplied path to its canonical form and reject anything that escapes the intended directory, and run the component under an account that has no read or write access outside the directory it legitimately serves.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is GHSA-33pr-m977-5w97 in your dependencies?
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