CVE-2024-45798: Multiple Poisoned Pipeline Execution (PPE) vulnerabilities

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.9 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-09-17 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

arduino-esp32 is an Arduino core for the ESP32, ESP32-S2, ESP32-S3, ESP32-C3, ESP32-C6 and ESP32-H2 microcontrollers. The `arduino-esp32` CI is vulnerable to multiple Poisoned Pipeline Execution (PPE) vulnerabilities. Code injection in `tests_results.yml` workflow (`GHSL-2024-169`) and environment Variable injection (`GHSL-2024-170`). These issue have been addressed but users are advised to verify the contents of the downloaded artifacts.

Affected products

Arduino Core: esp32, esp32-s2, esp32-s3, esp32-c3, esp32-c6, esp32-h2

References

https://codeql.github.com/codeql-query-help/javascript/js-actions-command-injection
https://github.com/espressif/arduino-esp32/blob/690bdb511d9f001e2066da2dda2c631a3eee270f/.github/workflows/tests_results.yml
https://github.com/espressif/arduino-esp32/security/advisories/GHSA-h52q-xhg2-6jw8
https://securitylab.github.com/research/github-actions-preventing-pwn-requests
https://securitylab.github.com/research/github-actions-untrusted-input

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