Vulnerability details

CVE-2026-53942

conda infrastructure

Conda Organization Infrastructure: Pwn Request in update workflow allows PR-controlled template rendering with SYNC_TOKEN

CVSS 3.1
9.9Critical

Official description

Conda Organization Infrastructure is a centralized location for infrastructure codes. Prior to commit 9c0f238, a GitHub Actions Pwn Request vulnerability appears to remain present in conda/conda. The affected workflow is .github/workflows/update.yml. It is triggered by issue_comment events containing @conda-bot render or @conda-bot recreate. For the render path, the workflow obtains the pull request head repository and branch from the PR API, checks out that PR-controlled repository/ref using secrets.SYNC_TOKEN, and then runs conda/actions/template-files@7f6830b1428a9bd47f0b068892c77eae95207037. The external template-files action reads its default configuration and templates from the checked-out working directory. In the confirmed finding, that action uses an unsandboxed Jinja2 environment to render attacker-controlled template content. This creates a Pwn Request chain in which an untrusted PR/comment path can reach template rendering in a privileged token context. This issue has been patched via commit 9c0f238.

CVSS scores

ScoreVersionSourceVector
9.9Critical 3.1 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (GitHub_M) CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L

Affected products

VendorProductVersionsSource
conda infrastructure < 9c0f23857282ff5cf7a6b3ad6bf0dd6f9974be55 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)

References and advisories

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Details

Published
2026-10-23
Last updated
2026-10-23
State
Published
Assigner (CNA)
GitHub_M
Kolun priority
21 · Low

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.32%
Probability of exploitation in 30 days
25.7%
Percentile (among all CVEs)

SSVC assessment (CISA)

Automatable
No
Exploitation
None
Technical impact
Total

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-94
    Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')