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REPORTPUBLIC METADATA

Imposter commits vulnerability in GitHub Actions

A vulnerability in GitHub Actions allows bypassing workflow settings using commits from forked repositories (rather than commits of the main action repo). This "imposter commits" issue can potentially introduce untrusted code into CI/CD pipelines, posing a risk to the security of the software supply chain. The vulnerability stems from GitHub's handling of forked repositories and how commits are shared between forks and parent repositories. A partial solution to this was GitHub prohibiting partial commit references in workflows, however, no full solution exists currently.

Reference details

Source category
research-report
First reported
Mar 08, 2023 00:00 UTC
Last reported
Mar 08, 2023 00:00 UTC
Catalog updated
Oct 14, 2026 15:42 UTC
Record ID
b1f745ca8d0a1405261a018f55e244cf7026f9b5544ff94dc7643e7f871ba3dd

Published indicators

Network indicators are visibly defanged. This page does not make them clickable or send them to another service.

No validated file hashes or network indicators are stored for this record.

Source observations

intelligence_src_d11443da85ea659d49

Source-provided label
Publisher RSS metadata
Evidence class
mentioned in report
Confidence
Not reported
Observed
Mar 08, 2023 00:00 UTC
Retrieved
Oct 14, 2026 15:42 UTC

This record contains metadata and attribution only. It does not host, download, unpack, render, or execute malware samples.

Feed collection status

Sources represented on this page. Publication and observation dates describe the content; successful batch dates describe local collection. A recent batch does not certify complete coverage or current provider availability.

1 sources: 0 stale, 0 needing attention, 0 paused, 0 unverified.

Review source update dates and status
  • intelligence_src_d11443da85ea659d49Recent successful batchLast successful batch: Last attempt:

Stale means older than twice the recorded collection interval, with a minimum of one hour; without an interval, the threshold is 24 hours. Cached content remains available while a feed is stale, paused, or unverified.