VNX-GH-209 – GitHub Actions can approve pull requests

Overview

A workflow token that can approve pull requests satisfies a one-approval rule on its own: one compromised workflow opens and approves its own change.

Severity: Medium | Confidence: high | CWE: CWE-862 | Command: vulnetix gha settings

Needs: repo, actions policy. Without them the rule is reported as not evaluated.

Remediation

Disable “Allow GitHub Actions to create and approve pull requests”.

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:M/EX:M/EC:N/P:W. A finding whose severity the repository’s settings moved is scored at its adjusted severity.