Security Digest · Critical advisory (no CVE assigned)

GHSA-q2f7-m237-v562: @hulumi/policies: GitHub OIDC trust policy bypass via AWS set-qualified condition operators

Impact: @hulumi/policies versions before 1.3.2 only checked exact AWS IAM StringLike/StringEquals condition operator keys in GOIDC1.

CVSS 9.3 Critical GitHub-reviewed · critical

Should you act?

  • Only if you depend on one of the packages below, directly or transitively, in a vulnerable version. Check your lockfile with npm audit (or: npm ls <package>).
  • No CVE has been assigned, so it will not appear in CVE-based scanners that ignore GitHub advisories. npm audit, pip-audit and Dependabot do read GitHub advisories.

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFirst fixed
npm@hulumi/policies< 1.3.21.3.2

Details

Impact: @hulumi/policies versions before 1.3.2 only checked exact AWS IAM StringLike/StringEquals condition operator keys in GOIDC1. Set-qualified operators such as ForAnyValue:StringLike could hide wildcard GitHub Actions OIDC sub conditions from the mandatory guardrail.

Patched in 1.3.2: the AWS trust-policy inspector now evaluates set-qualified string operators and rejects unsafe GitHub OIDC sub conditions.

Remediation: upgrade @hulumi/policies to 1.3.2 or later.

CVSS: 9.3 (v4.0) CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Sources and references

  1. GitHub Advisory GHSA-q2f7-m237-v562 github.com
  2. github.com github.com

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