Is this vulnerability remotely exploitable?

Yes. Any attacker who can create a fork and open a pull request can potentially trigger the vulnerable workflow and execute arbitrary code in the CI environment, provided the misconfigured workflow is present and active.

Does an attacker need repository write access to exploit this?

No. The attacker only needs the ability to submit a pull request from a fork. The workflow itself provides the write permissions, and the misconfiguration allows the attacker's code to run with those elevated privileges.

What is the safest general fix pattern?

Stop running untrusted PR code in workflows that use `pull_request_target` and have write or secret access. Use `pull_request` for running PR tests with minimal permissions, and reserve privileged workflows for trusted branches or post-merge operations where code has already been reviewed.

Severity:

CRITICAL RISK

(9.8)

Arbitrary Code Execution via Insecure GitHub Actions Workflow (CWE-94) in Eigent CI

CVE-2026-22869

Published:

Jan 13, 2026

Status:

Analyzed

Summary

Affected Context

Exploit Preconditions

Why This Happens

Potential Impact

General Mitigation Guidance

How Teams Detect Issues Like This

Frequently Asked Questions

Source

NDV

Recent Vulnerabilities

CWE-77;CWE-78

HIGH RISK

HIGH

(7.3)

OS Command Injection (CWE-78) in Totolink A7100RU setGameSpeedCfg CGI Handler

Remote Code Execution on the Router

April 6, 2026

CWE-77;CWE-78

HIGH RISK

HIGH

(7.3)

OS Command Injection (CWE-78) in Totolink A7100RU setFirewallType Handler

Remote Code Execution on Router Firmware

April 6, 2026

Vulnerability Type

Category:

Code Injection / CI Pipeline Misconfiguration

CWE:

CWE-94

Impact:

Arbitrary Code Execution in CI with Repository Compromise

Severity:

CRITICAL RISK

(9.8)

CVSS Version:

3.1

Vulnerability Type

Category:

Code Injection / CI Pipeline Misconfiguration

CWE:

CWE-94

Impact:

Arbitrary Code Execution in CI with Repository Compromise

Severity:

CRITICAL RISK

(9.8)

CVSS Version:

3.1

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Arbitrary Code Execution via Insecure GitHub Actions Workflow (CWE-94) in Eigent CI

Summary

Affected Context

Exploit Preconditions

Why This Happens

Potential Impact

General Mitigation Guidance

How Teams Detect Issues Like This

Frequently Asked Questions

Source

Recent Vulnerabilities

HIGH RISK

HIGH

(7.3)

OS Command Injection (CWE-78) in Totolink A7100RU setGameSpeedCfg CGI Handler

HIGH RISK

HIGH

(7.3)

OS Command Injection (CWE-78) in Totolink A7100RU setFirewallType Handler

Vulnerability Type

Vulnerability Type

Vulnerability Type

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