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CVE-2025-32955
April 21, 2025
Harden-Runner is a CI/CD security agent that works like an EDR for GitHub Actions runners. Versions from 0.12.0 to before 2.12.0 are vulnerable to "disable-sudo" bypass. Harden-Runner includes a policy option "disable-sudo" to prevent the GitHub Actions runner user from using sudo. This is implemented by removing the runner user from the sudoers file. However, this control can be bypassed as the runner user, being part of the docker group, can interact with the Docker daemon to launch privileged containers or access the host filesystem. This allows the attacker to regain root access or restore the sudoers file, effectively bypassing the restriction. This issue has been patched in version 2.12.0.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/step-security/harden-runner.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v2.0.0 <v2.12.0
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v2.12.0
https://github.com/step-security/harden-runner.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v0.1.0 <v2
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v2
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
6.8
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
6
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Least Privilege Violation
Privilege Chaining
Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
Improper Privilege Management
EPSS
Base Score:
0.08