act is a project which allows for local running of github actions. Prior to version 0.2.86, act's built in actions/cache server listens to connections on all interfaces and allows anyone who can connect to it including someone anywhere on the internet to create caches with arbitrary keys and retrieve all existing caches. If they can predict which cache keys will be used by local actions, they can create malicious caches containing whatever files they please most likely allowing arbitrary remote code execution within the docker container. This issue has been patched in version 0.2.86.
History

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 03:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description act is a project which allows for local running of github actions. Prior to version 0.2.86, act's built in actions/cache server listens to connections on all interfaces and allows anyone who can connect to it including someone anywhere on the internet to create caches with arbitrary keys and retrieve all existing caches. If they can predict which cache keys will be used by local actions, they can create malicious caches containing whatever files they please most likely allowing arbitrary remote code execution within the docker container. This issue has been patched in version 0.2.86.
Title act: actions/cache server allows malicious cache injection
Weaknesses CWE-862
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-31T01:46:15.747Z

Reserved: 2026-03-25T15:29:04.745Z

Link: CVE-2026-34042

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-03-31T03:15:58.220

Modified: 2026-03-31T03:15:58.220

Link: CVE-2026-34042

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.