๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-54160

HIGH 8.2

Network UPS Tools: A PWN Request in make-dist workflow can execute PR-controlled code with write-scoped GITHUB_TOKEN

CVSS Score
8.2
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

Network UPS Tools is a collection of programs which provide a common interface for monitoring and administering UPS, PDU and SCD hardware. Prior to commits 658b24e and 1aa31d1, the GitHub Actions script used to prepare NUT tarballs and update GitHub Checks statuses and PR comments about it was mis-structured in terms of mixing code running with higher privileges (single-use token generated with write permissions) and untrusted inputs (PR source branch). A malicious PR run from a fork could extract the GITHUB_TOKEN value. It could potentially be abused while it was valid (while the GHA job ran) to manipulate Git repository contents, commit checks/statuses, or issue/PR comments, according to permissions it was issued with. This issue has been patched via commits 658b24e and 1aa31d1.

CWE CWE-829
Vendor networkupstools
Product nut
Published Sep 28, 2026
Last Updated Sep 28, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
Low

Affected Versions

networkupstools / nut
< 658b24ef8410648ceca6d5a59e8690efbc8c36bc

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
github.com: https://github.com/networkupstools/nut/security/advisories/GHSA-w6wj-3r73-fxmh github.com: https://github.com/networkupstools/nut/commit/658b24ef8410648ceca6d5a59e8690efbc8c36bc