Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-45131

CriticalRCEUpdated

Published: 01 June 2026

Published
01 June 2026
Modified
17 June 2026
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 10.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0027 19.3th percentile
Risk Priority 70 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2026-45131 is a critical-severity Code Injection (CWE-94) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 10.0 (Critical).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Command and Scripting Interpreter (T1059); ranked at the 19.3th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

CloudPirates Open Source Helm Charts is a collection of Helm charts. Prior to commit fcf9302, a GitHub Actions workflow (pull-request.yaml) executes attacker-controlled code from fork pull requests in a privileged context, exposing repository secrets including Docker Hub credentials and tokens…

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without requiring maintainer approval. This issue has been patched via commit fcf9302.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter Execution
Adversaries may abuse command and script interpreters to execute commands, scripts, or binaries.
T1552 Unsecured Credentials Credential Access
Adversaries may search compromised systems to find and obtain insecurely stored credentials.
Why these techniques?

Workflow executes attacker-controlled code from public fork PRs (T1059) and exposes repository secrets (T1552).

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

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Affected Assets

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-94

Makes persistent code injection into loaded programs impossible when the executable image itself resides on hardware-protected read-only media.

addresses: CWE-94

Dynamically generated code can be produced and executed inside the isolated chamber, preventing host compromise from code-injection payloads.

addresses: CWE-94

Validates inputs used in dynamic code generation to block injected directives.

addresses: CWE-94

Directly prevents execution of attacker-supplied code written into data memory regions.

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