CVE-2023-26493

Command Injection in Cocos Engine workflow

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: March 27, 2023 at 09:35 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:43 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorCocos Engine

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
SSVC
PoC

Description

Cocos Engine is an open-source framework for building 2D & 3D real-time rendering and interactive content. In the github repo for Cocos Engine the `web-interface-check.yml` was subject to command injection. The `web-interface-check.yml` was triggered when a pull request was opened or updated and contained the user controllable field `(${{ github.head_ref }} – the name of the fork’s branch)`. This would allow an attacker to take over the GitHub Runner and run custom commands (potentially stealing secrets such as GITHUB_TOKEN) and altering the repository. The workflow has since been removed for the repository. There are no actions required of users.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 2023-02-20v < 6d06aefa26
Affected range stops below 2023-02-20, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 6d06aefa26, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCPoCNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-74CWE-77

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