GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Go
GHSA-c5f6-2rm9-2w8g OpenChoreo: Unauthenticated build/workflow trigger via git-provider confusion (webhook signature bypass)
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-73840
- Ecosystem
- Go
- Packages
- github.com/openchoreo/openchoreo
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- Weaknesses
- CWE-287, CWE-290, CWE-345
- Reviewed
- 2026-09-02
Affected packages
• Go github.com/openchoreo/openchoreo: < 1.0.3 → fixed in 1.0.3
• Go github.com/openchoreo/openchoreo: >= 1.1.0, < 1.1.3 → fixed in 1.1.3
• Go github.com/openchoreo/openchoreo: >= 1.2.0-rc.1, < 1.2.0-rc.2 → fixed in 1.2.0-rc.2
Description
Summary
The OpenChoreo autobuild webhook endpoint (`POST /api/v1alpha1/autobuild`) selected the git provider used to authenticate an incoming webhook from a client-supplied request header rather than from the target component's configuration, and its Bitbucket provider accepted requests without a valid signature. A caller could set the `X-Event-Key` header to be treated as a Bitbucket webhook, bypassing the HMAC secret that otherwise protects GitHub and GitLab webhooks, and trigger a component build without authenticating.
Impact
An attacker who can reach the autobuild webhook endpoint and knows the repository URL and branch configured for an auto-build component can trigger a build for that component without authenticating — including components configured for GitHub or GitLab, since the provider used or verification is chosen by the caller rather than by the component's configuration. The
triggered build runs against a commit SHA supplied by the attacker, and the component lookup is not scoped to a tenant or namespace, so any auto-build component across the cluster matching the given repository and branch is affected. This can result in unauthorized builds — and, where auto-deploy is configured, unauthorized deployment of attacker-influenced code — and can be used to exhaust build resources through repeated unauthenticated triggering.
The exposure applies to any component with `spec.autoBuild: true`, regardless of which git provider it declares, wherever the autobuild webhook endpoint is network-reachable.
Patches
Fixed in 1.0.3, 1.1.3, and 1.2.0-rc.2. The fix validates Bitbucket webhooks with HMAC-SHA256 against the configured secret using the same verification path as GitHub, requires a configured, non-empty secret for every provider (a missing secret now rejects the request instead of skipping validation), and requires the authenticated provider to match the git provider configured for the
matched component. Upgrading is non-disruptive — no component or webhook configuration changes are required beyond the standard upgrade. Upgrade path: 1.1.x → 1.1.3, 1.0.x and earlier → 1.0.3, 1.2 line → 1.2.0-rc.2 or later.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-73840 OpenChoreo is a complete, open-source developer platform for Kubernetes. vulnerability
References
- https://github.com/openchoreo/openchoreo/security/advisories/GHSA-c5f6-2rm9-2w8g web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-73840 advisory
- https://github.com/openchoreo/openchoreo/pull/4239 web
- https://github.com/openchoreo/openchoreo/pull/4252 web
- https://github.com/openchoreo/openchoreo/pull/4253 web
- https://github.com/openchoreo/openchoreo/commit/268efd9b762a3f4f72b55d9c1b13dfc55122127b web
- https://github.com/openchoreo/openchoreo/commit/8af4a3fc8725fc2d8a9de9611e77278a5c48f978 web
- https://github.com/openchoreo/openchoreo/commit/f540553db7143141b73bb37fae02102e6f082a34 web
- https://github.com/openchoreo/openchoreo package
- https://github.com/openchoreo/openchoreo/releases/tag/v1.0.3 web
- https://github.com/openchoreo/openchoreo/releases/tag/v1.1.3 web
- https://github.com/openchoreo/openchoreo/releases/tag/v1.2.0-rc.2 web