Vulnerability in Xygeni Xygeni-Action
CVE-2026-31976
xygeni-action is the GitHub Action for Xygeni Scanner. On March 3, 2026, an attacker with access to compromised credentials created a series of pull requests (#46, #47, #48) injecting obfuscated shell code into action.yml. The PRs were blocked by branch protection rules and never merged into the main branch. However, the attacker used the compromised GitHub App credentials to move the mutable v5 tag to point at the malicious commit (4bf1d4e19ad81a3e8d4063755ae0f482dd3baf12) from one of the unmerged PRs. This commit remained in the repository's git object store, and any workflow referencing @v5 would fetch and execute it. This is a supply chain compromise via tag poisoning. Any GitHub Actions workflow referencing xygeni/xygeni-action@v5 during the affected window (approximately March 3–10, 2026) executed a C2 implant that granted the attacker arbitrary command execution on the CI runner for up to 180 seconds per workflow run.
EPSS: 0.005 (39.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Xygeni Xygeni-action — versions >= March 3, 2026, <= March 10, 2026
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-31976?
- CVE-2026-31976 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Xygeni Xygeni-Action, classified under CWE-506. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2026-03-11.
- How severe is CVE-2026-31976?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.