The Cache That Bites Back: GitHub Actions Cache Poisoning Attacks
How attackers turn GitHub Actions' shared build cache into a supply chain weapon — real cases, attack mechanics, detection logic, and mitigations.
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How attackers turn GitHub Actions' shared build cache into a supply chain weapon — real cases, attack mechanics, detection logic, and mitigations.
A year of Shai-Hulud attacks shows where npm defenses stop: compromised CI jobs can abuse legitimate publishing identities. Here is where to break the chain.
Novee's Cordyceps research is a reminder that GitHub Actions workflows are executable attack surface, not harmless YAML. Here is how to audit the trust boundary before an outside pull request borrows maintainer authority.
TeamPCP's Shai-Hulud is a TypeScript/Bun C2 framework targeting GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines — it steals GitHub tokens, exfiltrates via a fake git domain, and has now been open-sourced for anyone to deploy.