CVE-2026-47751
Claude Code Action: Malicious MCP Server Configuration in PRs Enables Remote Code Execution and Secret Exfiltration
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 5.3 Medium
- Published
- Jul 16, 2026
- Updated
- Jul 18, 2026
- Reserved
- May 19, 2026
Description
Claude Code Action is a general-purpose GitHub action that runs Claude Code on GitHub pull requests and issues. Prior to 1.0.74, because the action checked out attacker-controlled pull request head branches, read .mcp.json from the working directory via default setting sources, and unconditionally enabled all project MCP servers via enableAllProjectMcpServers, an attacker who opened a pull request containing a malicious .mcp.json file could achieve arbitrary code execution on the GitHub Actions runner and exfiltrate secrets available to the workflow (such as API keys and tokens) when a privileged user or an automatic trigger invoked the Claude action on the pull request. This issue is fixed in version 1.0.74, which restores .claude/ and .mcp.json from the pull request base branch before the CLI runs.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 5.3 Medium | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N | GitHub_M |
Weaknesses
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
claude-code-actionanthropics |
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References
- https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code-action/security/advisories/GHSA-8q5r-mmjf-575q
- https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code-action/pull/1066
- https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code-action/commit/9ddce40de8c1ab71fb6303a125fdad0968dc1312
- https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code-action/releases/tag/v1.0.74
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