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High · 8.7 Public exploit CVE-2026-24480 EUVD-2026-4743

QGIS had validated RCE and Repository Takeover via GitHub Actions

Published Jan 27, 2026 · Updated Jan 27, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

QGIS is a free, open source, cross platform geographical information system (GIS) The repository contains a GitHub Actions workflow called "pre-commit checks" that, before commit 76a693cd91650f9b4e83edac525e5e4f90d954e9, was vulnerable to remote code execution and repository compromise because it used the `pull_request_target` trigger and then checked out and executed untrusted pull request code in a privileged context. Workflows triggered by `pull_request_target` ran with the base repository's credentials and access to secrets. If these workflows then checked out and executed code from the head of an external pull request (which could have been attacker controlled), the attacker could have executed arbitrary commands with elevated privileges. This insecure pattern has been documented as a security risk by GitHub and security researchers. Commit 76a693cd91650f9b4e83edac525e5e4f90d954e9 removed the vulnerable code.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
qgis QGIS < 76a693cd91650f9b4e83edac525e5e4f90d954e9 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 qgis No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS qgis No fix yet —
Ubuntu 25.10 qgis No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS qgis No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS qgis No fix yet —
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS qgis No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS qgis No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS qgis No fix yet —

Public exploits

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GitHub 1 repository

  • pvharmo2/gha-lab-b16a4f3554 ★ 0 · Sep 4, 2026

    Security-research lab: CVE-2026-24480 pull_request_target pre-commit RCE in qgis/QGIS (snapshot at vulnerable commit)

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

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