What GitHub Actions vulnerability did the attacker exploit?
A pull_request_target misconfiguration in AsyncAPI's manual-netlify-preview.yml workflow — a pattern Wiz calls a 'pwn request,' where a job runs with the base repository's secrets while still checking out untrusted pull-request code. That combination let PR #2155 execute inside a privileged context and steal a GitHub token.
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A Misconfigured GitHub Action Backdoored Packages With 3M Weekly DownloadsA pull_request_target flaw in AsyncAPI's CI let attackers steal a token and trojan 4 npm packages — 3M+ weekly downloads — with credential-stealing code.
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