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GitHub Updates actions/checkout to Block Common Pwn Request Attack Patterns

GitHub’s actions/checkout v7 now blocks risky fork PR checkouts in privileged workflows to reduce common pwn request attacks.
InfoWorld

GitHub Actions hardens checkout security to block ‘pwn request’ attacks

After years of trying to educate developers to use pull_request_target securely, the platform finally implements stronger ...
Developer Tech

GitHub brings agentic workflows to GitHub Actions

GitHub has released Agentic Workflows in public preview, bringing coding agents into GitHub Actions for automated engineering ...
SecurityWeek

Exploitable CI/CD Vulnerabilities Expose Millions of Repositories to Hijacking

Cordyceps, a systemic class of exploitable CI/CD vulnerabilities, allows unauthenticated attackers to hijack developer ...
CSOonline

GitHub Actions attack renders even security-aware orgs vulnerable

Many open-source repositories contain privileged GitHub Actions workflows that execute untrusted code and can be triggered by attackers to expose credentials and access tokens, as MITRE and Splunk ...
TheServerSide

Full GitHub Actions environment variables list for YAML build workflow scripts example

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. If a developer wants to build a workflow, shell script or build job of any merit, they’ll need ...