CVE-2026-53942

LOWCVSS 9.9 · CRITICAL

Signal is active with 2 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Track advisory updates for patch or workaround availability

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD description

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.

0.0/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-94

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

NONE

Momentum

NONE

Threat summary

  • 2 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

  • 2 total mentions across 1 day

Deep dive

Activity timeline2 mentions / 1d
01122Mentions · 2026-10-24: 210-24
Full discourse2 posts
  • ExploitGrid@exploitgrid

    ├ CVE-2026-115931 · gitroomhq · Arbitrary file read and backend crash via unrestricted provider method calls (9.9) ├ CVE-2026-53942 · Conda infrastructure · Pwn Request in update workflow (9.9) └ CVE-2026-112846 · WP Save Life theme ≤1.2.14 · PHP object injection (9.8)

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  • ExploitGrid@exploitgrid

    ExploitGrid Daily Digest 🚨 Top CVEs: CVE-2026-115889 (CVSS: 9.9) bytecodealli... CVE-2026-115893 (CVSS: 9.9) bytecodealli... CVE-2026-115931 (CVSS: 9.9) gitroomhq CVE-2026-53942 (CVSS: 9.9) conda CVE-2026-112846 (CVSS: 9.8) ThemeREX Group ..🧵👇

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