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CVE-2021-21432: Reject unauthorized access with GitHub PATs

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-04-09 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-285

Description

Vela is a Pipeline Automation (CI/CD) framework built on Linux container technology written in Golang. An authentication mechanism added in version 0.7.0 enables some malicious user to obtain secrets utilizing the injected credentials within the `~/.netrc` file. Refer to the referenced GitHub Security Advisory for complete details. This is fixed in version 0.7.5.

Affected products

• go-vela Vela: before 0.7.5 — fixed in 0.7.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: go-vela Vela 0.7.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/go-vela/server/commit/cb4352918b8ecace9fe969b90404d337b0744d46
• https://github.com/go-vela/server/pull/337
• https://github.com/go-vela/server/releases/tag/v0.7.5
• https://github.com/go-vela/server/security/advisories/GHSA-8j3f-mhq8-gmh4
• https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-vela/server
• https://github.com/go-vela/server/commit/cb4352918b8ecace9fe969b90404d337b0744d46
• https://github.com/go-vela/server/pull/337
• https://github.com/go-vela/server/releases/tag/v0.7.5
• https://github.com/go-vela/server/security/advisories/GHSA-8j3f-mhq8-gmh4
• https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-vela/server

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