CVE-2023-49291 (GCVE-0-2023-49291)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-12-04 23:21
Modified
2024-08-02 21:53
Severity ?
CWE
  • CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation
Summary
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.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
tj-actions branch-names Version: < 7.0.7
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