GitHub Actions hardens checkout security to block ‘pwn request’ attacks

Stung by a surge in cyberattacks that have run amok in developer environments, GitHub has strengthened the security of actions/checkout t…

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Stung by a surge in cyberattacks that have run amok in developer environments, GitHub has strengthened the security of actions/checkout to block ‘pwn request’ attacks that exploit insecure use of the pull_request_target workflow trigger to run an attacker’s code with the workflow’s full privileges. Announced on June 18, actions/checkout v7 now automatically…

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