CVE-2026-54160 (GCVE-0-2026-54160)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-28 16:35 – Updated: 2026-09-28 17:23
VLAI
Title
Network UPS Tools: A PWN Request in make-dist workflow can execute PR-controlled code with write-scoped GITHUB_TOKEN
Summary
Network UPS Tools is a collection of programs which provide a common interface for monitoring and administering UPS, PDU and SCD hardware. Prior to commits 658b24e and 1aa31d1, the GitHub Actions script used to prepare NUT tarballs and update GitHub Checks statuses and PR comments about it was mis-structured in terms of mixing code running with higher privileges (single-use token generated with write permissions) and untrusted inputs (PR source branch). A malicious PR run from a fork could extract the GITHUB_TOKEN value. It could potentially be abused while it was valid (while the GHA job ran) to manipulate Git repository contents, commit checks/statuses, or issue/PR comments, according to permissions it was issued with. This issue has been patched via commits 658b24e and 1aa31d1.
Severity
8.2 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-28 17:20 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-829 - Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
networkupstools nut Affected: < 658b24ef8410648ceca6d5a59e8690efbc8c36bc
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