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# Unpinned GitHub actions

## Rule Details

|                       |                               |
| --------------------- | ----------------------------- |
| Cortex AppSec Rule ID | APPSEC\_CICD\_125             |
| Category              | Artifact Integrity Validation |
| Severity              | MEDIUM                        |

## Impact

Unpinned GitHub Actions are mutable, potentially allowing attackers with access to the action's repository to push a malicious version of the action, introducing poisoned code which can be executed in the pipeline in order to access stored secrets or to read or modify the source code.

## Recommended Solution - Buildtime

GitHub recommends pinning actions to a full length commit SHA, as this is currently the only method of using an action as an immutable release.

For more information refer to: <https://docs.github.com/en/actions/security-guides/security-hardening-for-github-actions#using-third-party-actions>.


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