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CVE-2022-46179 — LiuOS is a small Python project meant to imitate the functions of a regular oper

LiuOS is a small Python project meant to imitate the functions of a regular operating system. Version 0.1.0 and prior of LiuOS allow an attacker to set the GITHUB_ACTIONS environment variable to anything other than null or true and skip authentication checks. This issue is patche

CVSS
9.2 CRITICAL
EPSS
0.05% (top 83.70%)
CWE
CWE-639
Published
2022-12-28T07:00:37.036Z
Last modified
2025-04-14T16:20:27.821Z
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:H

01What is this vulnerability?

LiuOS is a small Python project meant to imitate the functions of a regular operating system. Version 0.1.0 and prior of LiuOS allow an attacker to set the GITHUB_ACTIONS environment variable to anything other than null or true and skip authentication checks. This issue is patched in the latest commit (c658b4f3e57258acf5f6207a90c2f2169698ae22) by requiring the var to be set to true, causing a…

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
LiuWoodsCodeLiuOS<= 0.1.0

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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