Medium severity · published Sep 15, 2026
CVE-2026-54168
Pipelines-as-Code: Unscoped GitHub App installation token allows unauthorized access to private repositories via remote task resolution
6.5
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Pipelines-as-Code is a CI/CD system that lets users define Tekton pipelines in source code repositories. Prior to 0.37.8, 0.39.6, 0.42.1, and 0.48.0, a GitHub App installation token created during webhook processing is not scoped to the repository that triggered the event when the App is installed across multiple repositories. A user with push access to one repository can submit a PipelineRun containing a pipelinesascode.tekton.dev/task remote task annotation that targets a private repository in the same installation. When ScopeTokenToListOfRepos returns no explicit scope, the missing triggering repository ID leaves the token able to access the entire installation. Pipelines-as-Code resolves and inlines the remote private task with that token, disclosing the repository's Tekton definitions. The demonstrated impact is read-only and does not provide write access. This issue is fixed in versions 0.37.8, 0.39.6, 0.42.1, and 0.48.0.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 48% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PI
pipelines-as-code · tektoncd
< 0.37.8; >= 0.38.0, < 0.39.6; >= 0.40.0, < 0.42.1; >= 0.43.0, < 0.48.0 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-54168
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-54168
github.com
https://github.com/tektoncd/pipelines-as-code/commit/001782829e82b83ecb3da903f5a024ca0826b64c
github.com
https://github.com/tektoncd/pipelines-as-code/commit/40813976a77920feaf52671320d6d3c5ff08eb7e
github.com
https://github.com/tektoncd/pipelines-as-code/commit/ac6fded6dfb69ade7197d4eeed6e90ddbe1b79bc
github.com
https://github.com/tektoncd/pipelines-as-code/commit/e0c4a11ea3800ab9d26cf3a8ae92b74cf18527c3
github.com
https://github.com/tektoncd/pipelines-as-code/releases/tag/v0.37.8
github.com
https://github.com/tektoncd/pipelines-as-code/releases/tag/v0.39.6
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