CVE-2026-54168: medium-severity vulnerability in tektoncd pipelines-as-code
Pipelines-as-Code: Unscoped GitHub App installation token allows unauthorized access to private repositories via remote task resolution
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13Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 6.5epss 0.6%
Pipelines-as-Code is a CI/CD system that lets users define Tekton pipelines in source code repositories. Prior to 0.37.8, 0.39.6, 0.42.1, and 0.48.0, a GitHub App installation token created during webhook processing is not scoped to the repository that triggered the event when the App is installed across multiple repositories. A user with push access to one repository can submit a PipelineRun containing a pipelinesascode.tekton.dev/task remote task annotation that targets a private repository in the same installation. When ScopeTokenToListOfRepos returns no explicit scope, the missing triggering repository ID leaves the token able to access the entire installation. Pipelines-as-Code resolves and inlines the remote private task with that token, disclosing the repository's Tekton definitions. The demonstrated impact is read-only and does not provide write access. This issue is fixed in versions 0.37.8, 0.39.6, 0.42.1, and 0.48.0.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected products
tektoncd · pipelines-as-codeRelated CVEs — tektoncd pipelines-as-code
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References
https://github.com/tektoncd/pipelines-as-code/commit/001782829e82b83ecb3da903f5a024ca0826b64chttps://github.com/tektoncd/pipelines-as-code/commit/40813976a77920feaf52671320d6d3c5ff08eb7ehttps://github.com/tektoncd/pipelines-as-code/commit/ac6fded6dfb69ade7197d4eeed6e90ddbe1b79bchttps://github.com/tektoncd/pipelines-as-code/commit/e0c4a11ea3800ab9d26cf3a8ae92b74cf18527c3https://github.com/tektoncd/pipelines-as-code/releases/tag/v0.37.8https://github.com/tektoncd/pipelines-as-code/releases/tag/v0.39.6https://github.com/tektoncd/pipelines-as-code/releases/tag/v0.42.1https://github.com/tektoncd/pipelines-as-code/releases/tag/v0.48.0https://github.com/tektoncd/pipelines-as-code/security/advisories/GHSA-6f2p-296r-cc28