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Medium · 6.3 CVE-2026-25598 EUVD-2026-6837GHSA-cpmj-h4f6-r6pq

Bypassing Logging of Outbound Connections Using sendto, sendmsg, and sendmmsg in Harden-Runner (Community Tier)

Published Feb 9, 2026 · Updated Feb 10, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Harden-Runner is a CI/CD security agent that works like an EDR for GitHub Actions runners. Prior to 2.14.2, a security vulnerability has been identified in the Harden-Runner GitHub Action (Community Tier) that allows outbound network connections to evade audit logging. Specifically, outbound traffic using the sendto, sendmsg, and sendmmsg socket system calls can bypass detection and logging when using egress-policy: audit. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.14.2.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
step-security harden-runner < 2.14.2 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
GitHub Actions step-security/harden-runner < 2.14.2 2.14.2 GHSA-cpmj-h4f6-r6pq

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