GHSA-5wxr-w449-57cm json
Setup PHP: GitHub tokens configured by setup-php may be exposed through pinned affected Composer versions
published 5mo ago modified 5mo ago
- cvss
- 5.9
- version 3.1, GitHub
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- —
- no score, EPSS covers CVEs only
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
### Impact This affects only workflows that pin an exact affected Composer semver version through setup-php, for example `tools: composer:2.9.7`.
Workflows using the default Composer version, `composer:v2`, or no pinned Composer version are not affected through setup-php, because those Composer URLs have been updated to patched Composer releases for all setup-php versions.
setup-php does not directly print the token. The token may be exposed through Composer when Composer validates github-oauth auth and rejects GitHub's newer hyphen-containing token format.
Public repository logs may expose the token. GitHub-hosted runner GITHUB_TOKEN values expire after the job, but exposure may still matter during the token lifetime and for longer-lived GitHub App or user tokens.
### Patches setup-php 2.37.1 skips generated GitHub OAuth auth for pinned Composer versions affected by Composer GHSA-f9f8-rm49-7jv2 while preserving other Composer auth, including Packagist auth.
### Workarounds Upgrade to setup-php `2.37.1` or newer. You can also avoid the affected path by using a patched Composer version: 2.9.8, 2.2.28, 1.10.28, or newer supported Composer releases.
It is recommended to avoid pinning affected Composer versions such as `composer:2.9.7`, unless you have automations to do timely updates in your workflows.
Patch / fix
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Check with FencerCVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub | 3.1 | 5.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| github-actions | shivammathur/setup-php | <2.37.1 |
2.37.1 |
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-532 Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File
References
Sources
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-5wxr-w449-57cm
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