CVE-2023-27581

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-77 Command Injection
Publication date:
13/03/2023
Last modified:
17/03/2023

Description

github-slug-action is a GitHub Action to expose slug value of GitHub environment variables inside of one's GitHub workflow. Starting in version 4.0.0` and prior to version 4.4.1, this action uses the `github.head_ref` parameter in an insecure way. This vulnerability can be triggered by any user on GitHub on any workflow using the action on pull requests. They just need to create a pull request with a branch name, which can contain the attack payload. This can be used to execute code on the GitHub runners and to exfiltrate any secrets one uses in the CI pipeline. A patched action is available in version 4.4.1. No workaround is available.

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:github-slug-action_project:github-slug-action:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 4.0.0 (including) 4.4.1 (excluding)