Ameeba Security Research

Defensive CVE and exploit intelligence

Ameeba Blog Search
TRENDING · 1 WEEK
Attack Vector
Vendor
Severity

CVE-2025-53104: Command Injection Vulnerability in gluestack-ui’s GitHub Actions Workflow

Views: 580

Overview

The cybersecurity landscape is constantly evolving, and one recent development that has caught our attention is a critical vulnerability identified in gluestack-ui, a highly popular library of components and patterns designed with Tailwind CSS (NativeWind). This vulnerability, officially designated as CVE-2025-53104, potentially affects any individual or organization that uses a fork or derivative of the gluestack-ui repository. The significance of this vulnerability lies in its potential to allow an attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands, leading to potential system compromise or data leakage.

Vulnerability Summary

CVE ID: CVE-2025-53104
Severity: Critical (9.1 based on CVSS Severity Score)
Attack Vector: Network
Privileges Required: None
User Interaction: Required
Impact: Potential system compromise or data leakage

Affected Products

Ameeba Chat Icon Share secrets securely

Ameeba is private infrastructure for communication and sensitive work built on encrypted identity instead of exposed corporate identity systems.

Passwords, credentials, confidential files, screenshots, internal discussions, sensitive AI context, and private coordination should not become exposed across ordinary communication platforms.

  • • Encrypted identity
  • • Private Spaces for organizations and teams
  • • End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, files, and notes
  • • Sensitive AI work and protected collaboration
  • • Built for information that cannot leak

Our mission is to secure human work alongside AI.

Product | Affected Versions

gluestack-ui | Prior to commit e6b4271

How the Exploit Works

The vulnerability stems from the discussion-to-slack.yml GitHub Actions workflow in gluestack-ui. Untrusted discussion fields, such as the title or body, were directly interpolated into shell commands in a run: block within this workflow. Therefore, a potential attacker could craft a malicious GitHub Discussion title or body, allowing them to execute arbitrary shell commands on the Actions runner.

Conceptual Example Code

Here’s a conceptual example of how an attacker might exploit this vulnerability. They could use a GitHub Discussion title or body like this:

POST /github/discussion HTTP/1.1
Host: github.com
Content-Type: application/json
{ "title": "$(curl -X DELETE http://target.example.com)" }

That command could potentially delete all data from a target server.

Recommendations for Mitigation

While the vulnerability has been fixed in commit e6b4271 with the removal of the discussion-to-slack.yml workflow, users of forks or derivatives of the gluestack-ui repository should ensure they have applied this update. For those unable to apply the update immediately, a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) could provide temporary mitigation.

Want to discuss this further? Join the Ameeba Cybersecurity Group Chat.

Disclaimer:

The information and code presented in this article are provided for educational and defensive cybersecurity purposes only. Any conceptual or pseudocode examples are simplified representations intended to raise awareness and promote secure development and system configuration practices.

Do not use this information to attempt unauthorized access or exploit vulnerabilities on systems that you do not own or have explicit permission to test.

Ameeba and its authors do not endorse or condone malicious behavior and are not responsible for misuse of the content. Always follow ethical hacking guidelines, responsible disclosure practices, and local laws.

More posts

Ameeba Chat