Mutable refs for simonecorsi/mawesome including latest, v1, v2, and v2.2.0 currently resolve to a composite action that installs Bun and always runs an obfuscated JavaScript payload, exposing GitHub Actions runners that still trust those tags.
#github-actions
9 analyses tagged github-actions, sorted newest first.
- simonecorsi/mawesome GitHub Action Tag Hijack
- codfish/semantic-release-action GitHub Action Tag Hijack
An attacker force-pushed a malicious composite action into codfish/semantic-release-action and moved fifteen published tags to that commit, exposing GitHub Actions runners that still trusted mutable refs such as v3, v4, and v5.
- Claude Code GitHub Action Secret Exposure
Microsoft reported that the Claude Code GitHub Action could expose workflow secrets through a Read-tool path that reached /proc/self/environ; Anthropic shipped v2.1.128 as the fixed release.
- actions-cool GitHub Actions Tag Hijack Credential Theft
All 53 reviewed tags for actions-cool/issues-helper and all 15 tags for actions-cool/maintain-one-comment were moved to dangling imposter commits that scraped GitHub Actions runner memory and exfiltrated credentials. GitHub now blocks access to both repositories.
- Megalodon GitHub Actions Secret Exfiltration Campaign
Megalodon added malicious GitHub Actions workflows to thousands of public repositories to collect environment variables, cloud credentials, source-control secrets, and runner tokens.
- TanStack CI/CD Release Pipeline Poisoning
On May 11, 2026, the popular open-source project TanStack fell victim to a CI/CD release pipeline poisoning attack. Threat actors hijacked the release pipeline via a pull request exploitation vector and OIDC token theft to publish 84 backdoored versions across 42 packages.
- elementary-data PyPI and GHCR GitHub Actions Compromise
A malicious `elementary-data==0.23.3` release was pushed to PyPI and GHCR after attackers exploited a GitHub Actions script-injection path, adding an interpreter-startup `.pth` infostealer.
- Bitwarden CLI npm 2026.4.0 Credential Stealer
Bitwarden confirmed that @bitwarden/cli@2026.4.0 was maliciously distributed through the npm CLI delivery path for a short April 22, 2026 window. CVE-2026-42994 tracks the incident; artifact analysis tied the package to bw_setup.js, bw1.js, Bun bootstrap, credential theft, and GitHub fallback channels.
- Aqua Security Trivy CI/CD Pipeline & Tag Poisoning
On March 19, 2026, the widely adopted container vulnerability scanner Trivy was compromised in a major supply chain attack. Cybercrime group TeamPCP poisoned version tags to harvest and exfiltrate runner credentials.