PT-2024-5208 · Cocoapods · Cocoapods

B4Rd4K + 1 · Published 2024-07-01 · Updated 2026-05-04 · CVE-2024-38368

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.7

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:L

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: CocoaPods (affected versions not specified)

Description: The issue is related to the CocoaPods dependency manager, specifically affecting older pods that migrated from the pre-2014 pull request workflow to trunk. If a pod had never been claimed, it was still possible to do so, and it was also possible to remove all owners from a pod, making it available for claiming. This vulnerability could allow an attacker to gain unauthorized access to protected information about some pods, modify their content, or replace it with arbitrary code. The estimated number of potentially affected devices is not explicitly stated, but it is mentioned that thousands of iOS and macOS apps could be impacted.

Recommendations: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-668

Related Identifiers

BDU:2024-05769

CVE-2024-38368

GHSA-J483-QM5C-7HQX

Affected Products

Cocoapods

References · 23

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/38xxx/CVE-2024-38368.json · Exploit
• https://github.com/CocoaPods/trunk.cocoapods.org/commit/71be5440906b6bdfbc0bcc7f8a9fec33367ea0f4 · Patch
• https://blog.cocoapods.org/CocoaPods-Trunk-RCEs-2023 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38368 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2024-05769 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38368 · Security Note
• https://github.com/CocoaPods/CocoaPods/security/advisories/GHSA-j483-qm5c-7hqx · Note
• https://twitter.com/thereviewhivex/status/1810230120323469528 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/true_secator/5924 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/echeloneyes/2908 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/RsSI47041968/status/1809950775361319226 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/Action1corp/status/1810738388330229822 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/dailycve/status/2018788773220483267 · Twitter Post
• https://evasec.webflow.io/blog/eva-discovered-supply-chain-vulnerabities-in-cocoapods#1-taking-unauthorized-ownership-over-orphaned-pods · Note
• https://twitter.com/GitGuardian/status/1809195551713358236 · Twitter Post