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GHSA-pwf7-47c3-mfhx j178/prek-action vulnerable to arbitrary code injection in composite action

CRITICAL Published 2025-09-29 Modified 2025-09-29 Official page ↗
Ecosystem
GitHub Actions
Packages
j178/prek-action
Severity
Critical
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-94
Reviewed
2025-09-29

Affected packages

• GitHub Actions j178/prek-action: < 1.0.6 → fixed in 1.0.6

Description

Summary There are three potential attacks of arbitrary code injection vulnerability in the composite action at _action.yml_. Details The GitHub Action variables `inputs.prek-version`, `inputs.extra_args`, and `inputs.extra-args` can be used to execute arbitrary code in the context of the action. PoC ```yaml • uses: j178/[email protected] with: prek-version: $(printenv >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY && echo "0.2.2") extra_args: '&& echo "MY_SECRET with a character is: ${MY_SECRET:0:1}a${MY_SECRET:1}" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY && echo ""' env: MY_SECRET: ${{ secrets.MY_SECRET }} ``` The previous example will print all the environment variables, and it will expose `MY_SECRET` environment variable value to the summary of the workflow. An attacker could potentially use this vector to compromise the security of the target repository, even passing unnotice because the action will run normally. Impact Critical, CWE-94

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code weakness

References