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Meshtastic GitHub repo vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution via pull_request_target Fork Checkout in CI Workflow

CVE-2026-44359

Meshtastic is an open source mesh networking solution. Prior to version 2.7.21.1370b23, the Meshtastic GitHub repository's main_matrix.yml workflow is triggered by pull_request_target and multiple jobs check out the attacker's fork code and execute it with access to repository secrets and elevated GITHUB_TOKEN permissions. No approval gate exists. Pull requests from external users with author_association: "NONE" triggered the CI workflow automatically. The workflow directly executes attacker-controlled files from the fork checkout. This issue could have resulted in supply chain compromise, self-hosted runner compromise, and/or repository takeover for the repo. This issue is separate from GHSA-6mwm-v2vv-pp96, which addressed a command injection via github.head_ref in the setup job of the same workflow. That fix correctly moved to environment variables. However, the more critical fork checkout vulnerability across the check, build, and build-debian-src jobs was not addressed. Version 2.7.21.1370b23 contains a patch for thie issue.

No Active Exploit Signals
CVSS Base Score
10.0
CRITICAL
Exploitability:3.9
Impact Score:5.8
Temporal Score:-
EPSS:1.00%

Threat Intelligence Signals

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VulnCheck In-the-Wild
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Nuclei Template
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EPSS Score
1.002%
EPSS Percentile
59.3th pct
GHSA ID
GitHub Severity
SSVC Exploitation
None
SSVC Automatable
Yes
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