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Critical · 9.3 CVE-2023-49291 EUVD-2023-3165GHSA-8v8w-v8xg-79rf

Improper Sanitization of Branch Name Leads to Arbitrary Code Injection

Published Dec 4, 2023 · Updated Aug 2, 2024 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

tj-actions/branch-names is a Github action to retrieve branch or tag names with support for all events. The `tj-actions/branch-names` GitHub Actions improperly references the `github.event.pull_request.head.ref` and `github.head_ref` context variables within a GitHub Actions `run` step. The head ref variable is the branch name and can be used to execute arbitrary code using a specially crafted branch name. As a result an attacker can use this vulnerability to steal secrets from or abuse `GITHUB_TOKEN` permissions. This vulnerability has been addressed in version 7.0.7. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
tj-actions branch-names < 7.0.7 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
GitHub Actions tj-actions/branch-names < 7.0.7 7.0.7 GHSA-8v8w-v8xg-79rf

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