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GO-2026-5992

Woodpecker: Privilege escalation via unrestricted serviceAccountName in the Kubernetes backend in github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker

Quick fix

GO-2026-5992 — go.woodpecker-ci.org/woodpecker/v3: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

go get go.woodpecker-ci.org/woodpecker/v3@v3.16.0

Details

Woodpecker: Privilege escalation via unrestricted serviceAccountName in the Kubernetes backend in github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker

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Affected packages

Go / github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker
Introduced in: 1.0.0

No fixed version published yet for github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker (go modules). Pin to a known-safe version or switch to an alternative.

Go / go.woodpecker-ci.org/woodpecker
Introduced in: 0

No fixed version published yet for go.woodpecker-ci.org/woodpecker (go modules). Pin to a known-safe version or switch to an alternative.

Go / go.woodpecker-ci.org/woodpecker/v2
Introduced in: 0

No fixed version published yet for go.woodpecker-ci.org/woodpecker/v2 (go modules). Pin to a known-safe version or switch to an alternative.

Go / go.woodpecker-ci.org/woodpecker/v3
Introduced in: 0 Fixed in: 3.16.0
Fix go get go.woodpecker-ci.org/woodpecker/v3@v3.16.0

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