GHSA-8q5r-mmjf-575q
Claude Code Action: Malicious MCP Server Configuration in PRs Enables Remote Code Execution and Secret Exfiltration
Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub Actions | anthropics/claude-code-action | < 1.0.74 | 1.0.74 |
Details
As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).
Due to the combination of checking out PR head branches (attacker-controlled), reading `.mcp.json` from the working directory via default setting sources, and unconditionally enabling all project MCP servers via `enableAllProjectMcpServers`, it was possible for an attacker who opened a PR containing a malicious `.mcp.json` file to achieve arbitrary code execution on the GitHub Actions runner. This could lead to exfiltration of secrets available to the workflow (such as API keys and tokens) when a privileged user triggered the Claude action on the PR. Exploiting this required the ability to open a pull request against a repository using the claude-code-action and a privileged user or automatic trigger to invoke the action on that PR.
Users pinned to a vulnerable version of claude-code-action are advised to update to the latest version. Users referencing anthropics/claude-code-action@v1, anthropics/claude-code-action@beta, anthropics/claude-code-action@main, or other non-pinned tags will have received this fix already
Claude Code thanks hackerone.com/reptou for reporting this issue.
References
External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.
- https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code-action/security/advisories/GHSA-8q5r-mmjf-575q
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-47751
- https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code-action/pull/1066
- https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code-action/commit/9ddce40de8c1ab71fb6303a125fdad0968dc1312
- https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code-action
- https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code-action/releases/tag/v1.0.74