GHSA-8w27-c4vc-88q9
Fix: concourse/concourse@ac60be5GHSA-8w27-c4vc-88q9 is a Open Redirect vulnerability in github.com/concourse/concourse. O3 Security confirms whether GHSA-8w27-c4vc-88q9 is actually reachable in your code before you act, and blocks exploitation at runtime until you patch.
Concourse login flow has an open redirect issue
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- CISA assesses this as automatable — exploitation doesn’t require manual, per-target effort, which raises the odds of mass scanning and opportunistic attacks.
- CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for GHSA-8w27-c4vc-88q9.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) is a daily probability model maintained by FIRST.org. It estimates the likelihood a CVE will be exploited in production environments within the next 30 days, derived from real-world threat intelligence signals.
Real-World Exposure
github.com/concourse/concourseReal-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
Impact
An attacker is able to craft and send a user a URL that will redirect the user from the Concourse web server to any other site. This could be used in a phishing attack to steal user's credentials.
Patches
This has been fixed in 8.2.3
Workarounds
None.
Exploit
Vulnerable code was in: https://github.com/concourse/concourse/blob/ea7b812e3a88fdd070f0faece874e8a2d4fbb31c/skymarshal/skyserver/skyserver.go#L162-L170
The issue stems from the underlying processing logic of Go's url package. Normally, ParseRequestURI() will eventually reach an internal url.setPath() function, where the URL will be decoded. However, if RawPath is not empty and validEncoded(RawPath) is true, and the decoded result equals Path, then return RawPath as is; otherwise, escape Path again, i.e., decode it again.
In other words, if the URL contains dangerous characters that should be escaped, such as backslashes (\), then an extra decoding step will be performed. Therefore, /%2Fexample.com will be parsed as //example.com.
On vulnerable versions of Concourse, add /sky/login?redirect_uri=/%252Fexample.com/\ to your Concourse external URL, login as usual, and you should be redirected to example.com instead of your Concourse web server. The redirect happens after the login flow completes. No credentials are leaked.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐹Go | github.com/concourse/concourse | all versions | 1.6.1-0.20260526150512-ac60be5f0435 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for github.com/concourse/concourse. O3's reachability analysis confirms whether the vulnerable code path is actually invoked in your application, so you act on real exposure instead of every transitive match.
Fix
Update github.com/concourse/concourse to 1.6.1-0.20260526150512-ac60be5f0435 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-8w27-c4vc-88q9 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 pinpoints whether GHSA-8w27-c4vc-88q9 is reachable in your code and exactly where to fix it, then blocks exploitation in production at runtime until the patched version is deployed.
Tailored to GHSA-8w27-c4vc-88q9. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is GHSA-8w27-c4vc-88q9 in your dependencies?
O3 detects GHSA-8w27-c4vc-88q9 across Go dependencies and uses function-level reachability to confirm whether the vulnerable code path is actually reachable — not just present. No false positives.