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CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Network-reachable via PR submission with no auth or UI, but AC:H reflects the required workflow_run+head_sha+branch-name-gate pattern; scope changes to the production bot and Discord guilds, all impacts High.
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CVSS VectorVendor: GitHub_M
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
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Quest Bot is an opensource modern Discord Bot built for moderation, utilities and support. Prior to version 1.0.3, the repository has a privileged deploy workflow that runs after the unprivileged build workflow completes. The build workflow runs on pull requests, and the deploy workflow checks out the triggering workflow’s head_sha, builds that code into a Docker image, pushes it as latest, and triggers production deployment. If an attacker can open a pull request from a branch named main, the deploy workflow condition can treat the PR build as deployable and build the attacker-controlled commit in a privileged deployment context. This can result in malicious container deployment and production bot compromise. This issue has been patched in version 1.0.3.
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Privileged GitHub Actions workflow injection in Quest Bot (Discord moderation bot) prior to version 1.0.3 allows remote attackers to deploy malicious container images to production by opening a pull request from a branch named 'main'. The unprivileged build workflow's head_sha is consumed by a downstream privileged deploy workflow, which then builds and publishes attacker-controlled code as the 'latest' Docker image and triggers production rollout. …
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| Exploitation | Requires the target repository to use the pre-1.0.3 workflow layout where an unprivileged build workflow runs on pull_request and a privileged deploy workflow triggers on its workflow_run completion, checks out github.event.workflow_run.head_sha, and gates on the head branch name being 'main'. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment. |
| Risk Assessment | CVSS 4.0 base of 9.5 (AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N with VC/VI/VA/SC/SI/SA all High) is plausible because successful exploitation yields full compromise of the production bot container and downstream Discord servers it operates in - a subsequent-system impact justifying the SC/SI/SA:H. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in. |
| Exploit Scenario | An attacker forks duck-organization/questbot, creates a branch literally named 'main' in their fork, commits a backdoored bot image build (e.g., a token exfiltrator or reverse shell in the Dockerfile), and opens a pull request from that 'main' branch into the upstream repository. The upstream build workflow runs on the PR and completes; the deploy workflow then fires on workflow_run, checks out the PR's head_sha, builds the attacker's Dockerfile, pushes it as the 'latest' tag to the registry, and triggers production rollout - at which point the malicious container runs with the production bot token and compromises every Discord guild it is installed in. … |
| Remediation | Upgrade to Quest Bot 1.0.3 (Vendor-released patch: questbot-v1.0.3) by pulling the fixed workflow definitions from https://github.com/duck-organization/questbot/releases/tag/questbot-v1.0.3 and re-deploying; forks must merge the workflow changes, not just rebase application code. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report. |
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Within 24 hours: Identify all Quest Bot deployments in use; implement mandatory code review approval for pull requests and apply least-privilege access controls to GitHub Actions workflows. …
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