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#4 The Hacker News general October 26, 2026 at 07:49 UTC

Gheist Uses Stolen GitHub Tokens to Steal Private Repository Secrets via Actions Logs

By [email protected] (The Hacker News)

AI Summary

A threat actor tracked as 'Gheist' is conducting an automated supply chain campaign using stolen GitHub tokens to inject malicious Actions workflows that exfiltrate repository secrets to attacker-controlled logs before deleting the run evidence. Wiz researchers confirmed successful compromise of private repositories and GitHub Enterprise environments, with the attack bypassing GitHub's default secret-scanning safeguards.

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Relevance score: 76.0/100

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