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#10 The Hacker News general May 19, 2026 at 05:28 UTC

GitHub Actions Supply Chain Attack Redirects Tags to Steal CI/CD Credentials

By [email protected] (The Hacker News)

AI Summary

Threat actors compromised the popular GitHub Actions workflow actions-cool/issues-helper, redirecting all existing repository tags to point to malicious imposter commits that harvest CI/CD credentials and exfiltrate them to an attacker-controlled server. The attack is notable because the malicious commits do not appear in the action's normal commit history, making detection difficult for teams relying on tag integrity. Organizations using this action in their pipelines should immediately audit workflow logs, rotate any exposed secrets, and pin actions to specific commit SHAs rather than tags.

Relevance score: 76.0/100

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