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Critical · 9.1 Public exploit CVE-2025-54416 EUVD-2025-22774GHSA-gq52-6phf-x2r6

tj-actions/branch-names Contains Command Injection Vulnerability

Published Jul 26, 2025 · Updated Jul 28, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Vendor: tj-actions Product: branch-names Package: tj-actions/branch-names Ecosystem: GitHub Actions

Description

tj-actions/branch-names is a Github actions repository that contains workflows to retrieve branch or tag names with support for all events. In versions 8.2.1 and below, a critical vulnerability has been identified in the tj-actions/branch-names' GitHub Action workflow which allows arbitrary command execution in downstream workflows. This issue arises due to inconsistent input sanitization and unescaped output, enabling malicious actors to exploit specially crafted branch names or tags. While internal sanitization mechanisms have been implemented, the action outputs remain vulnerable, exposing consuming workflows to significant security risks. This is fixed in version 9.0.0

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
tj-actions branch-names < 9.0.0 —

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Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
GitHub Actions tj-actions/branch-names < 9.0.0 9.0.0 GHSA-gq52-6phf-x2r6

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