CVE-2024-38366

CriticalCVSS 10.0/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

trunk.cocoapods.org is the authentication server for the CoacoaPods dependency manager. The part of trunk which verifies whether a user has a real email address on signup used a rfc-822 library which executes a shell command to validate the email domain MX records validity. It works via an DNS MX. This lookup could be manipulated to also execute a command on the trunk server, effectively giving root access to the server and the infrastructure. This issue was patched server-side with commit 001cc3a430e75a16307f5fd6cdff1363ad2f40f3 in September 2023. This RCE triggered a full user-session reset, as an attacker could have used this method to write to any Podspec in trunk.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 10.0/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-74

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
CocoaPods	CocoaPods	< 001cc3a430e75a16307f5fd6cdff1363ad2f40f3
cocoapods	cocoapods	< 001cc3a430e75a16307f5fd6cdff1363ad2f40f3

References

https://blog.cocoapods.org/CocoaPods-Trunk-RCEs-2023Vendor Advisory
https://evasec.webflow.io/blog/eva-discovered-supply-chain-vulnerabities-in-cocoapods#2-remote-code-execution-on-the-cocoapods-trunk-serverExploit, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/CocoaPods/CocoaPods/security/advisories/GHSA-x2x4-g675-qg7cThird Party Advisory
https://blog.cocoapods.org/CocoaPods-Trunk-RCEs-2023Vendor Advisory
https://evasec.webflow.io/blog/eva-discovered-supply-chain-vulnerabities-in-cocoapods#2-remote-code-execution-on-the-cocoapods-trunk-serverExploit, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/CocoaPods/CocoaPods/security/advisories/GHSA-x2x4-g675-qg7cThird Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Jul 1, 2024
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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