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OWASP BLT is a QA testing and vulnerability disclosure platform that encompasses websites, apps, git repositories, and more. Versions prior to 2.1.1 contain an RCE vulnerability in the .github/workflows/regenerate-migrations.yml workflow. The workflow uses the pull_request_target trigger to run with full GITHUB_TOKEN write permissions, copies attacker-controlled files from untrusted pull requests into the trusted runner workspace via git show, and then executes python manage.py makemigrations, which imports Django model modules including attacker-controlled website/models.py at runtime. Any module-level Python code in the attacker's models.py is executed during import, enabling arbitrary code execution in the privileged CI environment with access to GITHUB_TOKEN and repository secrets. The attack is triggerable by any external contributor who can open a pull request, provided a maintainer applies the regenerate-migrations label, potentially leading to secret exfiltration, repository compromise, and supply chain attacks. A patch for this issue is expected to be released in version 2.1.1.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-04-10 | Published 2026-04-15 | Updated 2026-04-16 | Assigner GitHub_M




HIGH: 8.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem types

CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

CWE-95: Improper Neutralization of Directives in Dynamically Evaluated Code ('Eval Injection')

Product status

<= 2.1
affected

References

github.com/...LT/BLT/security/advisories/GHSA-wxm3-64fx-cmx9

cve.org (CVE-2026-40316)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-40316)

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