CVE-2026-41249: CoreShop Vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (RCE) via Insecure `pull_request_target` Configuration
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The GitHub Actions workflow (.github/workflows/static.yml) uses the pull_request_target trigger but dangerously checks out the unverified code from the pull request head (ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}). Subsequently, it executes a script (bin/console) from this untrusted checkout.
This allows any external attacker to achieve Remote Code Execution (RCE) on the GitHub Actions runner simply by submitting a malicious Pull Request. Also known as a “Pwn Request” vulnerability.
Steps to Reproduce:
- Fork the target repository.
- In the forked repository, modify a file that satisfies the
pathscondition (e.g.,src/dummy.phporcomposer.json) to trigger the workflow. - Modify the
bin/consolefile (which is executed in the workflow steps) with the following malicious payload:
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