CVE 6.3 MEDIUM

Bypassing Logging of Outbound Connections Using sendto, sendmsg, and sendmmsg in Harden-Runner (Community Tier)_CVE-2026-25598

6.3 / 10
MEDIUM
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Description

Harden-Runner is a CI/CD security agent that works like an EDR for GitHub Actions runners. Prior to 2.14.2, a security vulnerability has been identified in the Harden-Runner GitHub Action (Community Tier) that allows outbound network connections to evade audit logging. Specifically, outbound traffic using the sendto, sendmsg, and sendmmsg socket system calls can bypass detection and logging when using egress-policy: audit. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.14.2.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-25598
Source GitHub_M
Published Feb 9, 2026 at 18:58

Affected Product

Vendor step-security
Product harden-runner
Version < 2.14.2
Affected Versions step-security harden-runner < 2.14.2

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