VNX-GH-109 – Action owner resembles a popular publisher

Overview

Typosquatted owners (actoins/checkout, aws-action/…) are registered to catch mistyped references and run attacker code with the job’s privileges.

Severity: High | Confidence: medium | CWE: CWE-1357 | Command: vulnetix gha actions

Mappings: T1195.001

Remediation

Check the owner’s spelling; reference the intended publisher.

Scoring

CWSS vector at the rule’s default severity: CWSS:1.0/TI:H/AP:A/AL:A/IC:N/FC:LT/RP:N/RL:A/AV:I/AS:N/IN:A/SC:A/BI:H/DI:H/EX:M/EC:N/P:W. A finding whose severity the repository’s settings moved is scored at its adjusted severity.