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Conda Organization Infrastructure: Pwn Request in update workflow allows PR-controlled template rendering with SYNC_TOKEN

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Conda Organization Infrastructure is a centralized location for infrastructure codes. Prior to commit 9c0f238, a GitHub Actions Pwn Request vulnerability appears to remain present in conda/conda. The affected workflow is .github/workflows/update.yml. It is triggered by issue_comment events containing @conda-bot render or @conda-bot recreate. For the render path, the workflow obtains the pull request head repository and branch from the PR API, checks out that PR-controlled repository/ref using secrets.SYNC_TOKEN, and then runs conda/actions/template-files@7f6830b1428a9bd47f0b068892c77eae95207037. The external template-files action reads its default configuration and templates from the checked-out working directory. In the confirmed finding, that action uses an unsandboxed Jinja2 environment to render attacker-controlled template content. This creates a Pwn Request chain in which an untrusted PR/comment path can reach template rendering in a privileged token context. This issue has been patched via commit 9c0f238.

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CVE-2026-53942

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Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-53942

infrastructure

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product

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  {
    "vendor": "conda",
    "product": "infrastructure",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "< 9c0f23857282ff5cf7a6b3ad6bf0dd6f9974be55"
      }
    ]
  }
]
Related CVEs
CVE-2026-53942

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critical

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#52993 · Revision 1
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