CVE-2026-118762

CRITICAL
INFO Priority: 0.00 BB Relevance: 69/100
Published: 2026-10-29 Modified: 2026-10-29 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

Network Low Complexity No Auth Conf. Impact Integ. Impact Scope Change

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Network
AC: Low
PR: None
UI: Required
S: Changed
C: High
I: High
A: None

Description

Monkeytype is a minimalistic and customizable typing test. Prior to 26.43.0, the .github/workflows/fix-formatting.yml workflow runs on pull_request_target with repository write permissions, checks out a fork pull request, installs dependencies from the fork's package.json, and invokes the fork-controlled oxfmt binary. Because actions/checkout persists the elevated GITHUB_TOKEN in Git configuration until after untrusted code executes, an external contributor whose pull request receives the format label can run arbitrary code, read or exfiltrate the token, and push repository content or modify pull requests and issues. The issue affects the repository CI workflow, not the Monkeytype application or user data. This issue is fixed in version 26.43.0.

Affected Software (1)

VendorProductVersion
monkeytypegame monkeytype < 26.43.0

Bug Bounty Relevance

69 / 100
✓ Network accessible
✓ No authentication
✓ Low complexity

CVSS Score

9.3 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

No EPSS data available

Intelligence Sources

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