CVE-2024-38367: Cocoapods Trunk.cocoapods.org

Critical severity, CVSS 9.6. EPSS: 11.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

trunk.cocoapods.org is the authentication server for the CoacoaPods dependency manager. Prior to commit d4fa66f49cedab449af9a56a21ab40697b9f7b97, the trunk sessions verification step could be manipulated for owner session hijacking Compromising a victim’s session will result in a full takeover of the CocoaPods trunk account. The threat actor could manipulate their pod specifications, disrupt the distribution of legitimate libraries, or cause widespread disruption within the CocoaPods ecosystem. This was patched server-side with commit d4fa66f49cedab449af9a56a21ab40697b9f7b97 in October 2023.

Affected products

  • Cocoapods Trunk.cocoapods.org: before 2023-10-27 (fixed in 2023-10-27)

Published 2024-07-01. Last modified 2026-06-17.