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CVE-2026-45321

On 2026-05-11, between approximately 19:20 and 19:26 UTC, 84 malicious versions across 42 @tanstack/* packages were published to the npm registry. The publishes were authenticated via the legitimate GitHub Actions OIDC trusted-publisher binding for TanStack/router, but the publish workflow itself was not modified. The attacker chained three known vulnerability classes, a pull_request_target "Pwn Request" misconfiguration, GitHub Actions cache poisoning across the fork↔base trust boundary, and runtime memory extraction of the OIDC token from the Actions runner process, to publish credential-…

Scores

9.6
CVSS 9.6 out of 10, critical severity.
1.1%
EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The facts

Published
12 May 2026
Last changed
17 June 2026
NVD status
Analyzed
Severity
Critical, CVSS 9.6 out of 10 (version 3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
Affects
  • mistral mistralai
  • antoinebcx ml-toolkit-ts
  • christianalares git-git-git
  • christianalares git branch selector
  • christianalares nextmove-mcp
Known exploited
Yes. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue on 27 May 2026. CISA lists it as used in ransomware campaigns.
EPSS
1.1% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days (percentile 64).

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