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CVE-2026-61668

HIGH 8.1

DIRAC: Pilot code downloaded over unverified HTTPS connection

CVSS Score
8.1
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

DIRAC is an interware, meaning a software framework for distributed computing. Prior to versions 8.0.79, 9.0.22, and 9.1.10, WorkloadManagementSystem/Utilities/PilotWrapper.py pilotWrapperScript uses ssl._create_unverified_context to download the second-stage pilot.tar archive without TLS certificate verification and downloads the reference checksum through the same unvalidated channel. An attacker able to redirect or intercept a grid site's network traffic through DNS or routing manipulation can substitute both the executable pilot code and its checksum, causing arbitrary code to run in the pilot context with access to pilot proxy credentials. The fixed implementation validates the server certificate through system trust and X509_CERT_DIR or the grid certificate directory. This issue is fixed in versions 8.0.79, 9.0.22, and 9.1.10.

CWE CWE-295
Vendor diracgrid
Product dirac
Published Sep 15, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Affected Versions

DIRACGrid / DIRAC
>= 6.20.1, < 8.0.79 >= 9.0.0a1, < 9.0.22 >= 9.1.0, < 9.1.10

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
github.com: https://github.com/DIRACGrid/DIRAC/security/advisories/GHSA-vg99-gr89-qhw9 github.com: https://github.com/DIRACGrid/DIRAC/commit/68029dfb5ddd8b1e4106851f8e37370aa80ac7ae github.com: https://github.com/DIRACGrid/DIRAC/commit/92e2e26c63b964b8499bee5e9c2e2821a36eac56 github.com: https://github.com/DIRACGrid/DIRAC/commit/b332c437d064f66ee46f5b45a90a9f7c4bace38d github.com: https://github.com/DIRACGrid/DIRAC/releases/tag/v8.0.79 github.com: https://github.com/DIRACGrid/DIRAC/releases/tag/v9.0.22 github.com: https://github.com/DIRACGrid/DIRAC/releases/tag/v9.1.10