pull-request-target
Safeguard articles tagged "pull-request-target" — guides, analysis, and best practices for software supply chain and application security.
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The AsyncAPI Hijack: When Trusted Publishing Becomes the Attack Path
On 14 July 2026 attackers used 37 pull requests against a pull_request_target workflow to steal the asyncapi-bot token, then let npm's OIDC trusted publisher automatically ship the malicious release. Four packages, 2.25 million weekly downloads, four hours live — and no code review was bypassed, because none was required.
TanStack's Build Pipeline Got Hijacked and Still Signed Valid SLSA Provenance (May 2026)
On May 11, 2026, attackers chained a pull_request_target abuse, cache poisoning, and OIDC token theft to publish 84 malicious @tanstack npm versions from TanStack's own trusted pipeline. It is the first npm compromise to carry valid SLSA provenance.
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