Google researchers disclose high-severity vulnerability affecting GitHub

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The bug makes GitHub Action's workflow commands vulnerable to injection attacks, according to researchers

Google's Project Zero researchers have disclosed a high-severity vulnerability in GitHub, which, they say, could allow attackers to remotely execute code on affected systems. The bug was discove...

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