Collected research

GitLab RCE via GitHub import

Shows how attacker-controlled GitHub import data becomes Sawyer objects whose to_s and bytesize methods can be overridden. Redis command construction then emits inconsistent protocol framing, allowing arbitrary Redis commands and the injection of jobs that lead to remote code execution.

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In the archive

• Collected in the 2022 research round

Tags

• gitlab
• redis
• injection
• message-protocol
• type-confusion
• rce
• attack-chain
• owasp-a03-2021

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