CVE-2026-12567
Symlink-following arbitrary write via github_workflows module
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- BLSOPS
Description
The github_workflows module constructs local directory paths from user-controlled repository names without validating for symlinks. A local attacker sharing the scan directory can plant a symlink at the predictable output path, causing workflow data to be written to an attacker-chosen location.
Timeline
ID reserved
By BLSOPS
Published
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLSOPSCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Low2.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 3.1 | Low2.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.09% · top 100% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.2.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected 2.0.0 – ≤ <=2.8.4
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
References (1)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-rvp7-w75q-9fv2 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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