CVE-2026-32947

Egress Policy Bypass via DNS over HTTPS (DoH) in Harden-Runner (Community Tier)

Published Mar 20, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 4.6 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Harden-Runner is a CI/CD security agent that works like an EDR for GitHub Actions runners. In versions 2.15.1 and below, a DNS over HTTPS (DoH) vulnerability allows attackers to bypass egress-policy: block network restrictions by tunneling exfiltrated data through permitted HTTPS endpoints like dns.google. The attack works by encoding sensitive data (e.g., the runner's hostname) as subdomains in DoH queries, which appear as legitimate HTTPS traffic to Harden-Runner's domain-based filtering but are ultimately forwarded to an attacker-controlled domain. This effectively enables data exfiltration without directly connecting to any blocked destination. Exploitation requires the attacker to already have code execution within the GitHub Actions workflow. The issue was fixed in version 2.16.0.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-46g3-37rh-v698 Egress Policy Bypass via DNS over HTTPS (DoH) in Harden-Runner (Community Tier)
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Stepsecurity
Stepsecurity harden-runner
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:stepsecurity:harden-runner:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Stepsecurity
Stepsecurity harden-runner
Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-807
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

threat_severity

Moderate

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Step Security
Step Security harden Runner
Vendors & Products Step Security
Step Security harden Runner
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Harden-Runner is a CI/CD security agent that works like an EDR for GitHub Actions runners. In versions 2.15.1 and below, a DNS over HTTPS (DoH) vulnerability allows attackers to bypass egress-policy: block network restrictions by tunneling exfiltrated data through permitted HTTPS endpoints like dns.google. The attack works by encoding sensitive data (e.g., the runner's hostname) as subdomains in DoH queries, which appear as legitimate HTTPS traffic to Harden-Runner's domain-based filtering but are ultimately forwarded to an attacker-controlled domain. This effectively enables data exfiltration without directly connecting to any blocked destination. Exploitation requires the attacker to already have code execution within the GitHub Actions workflow. The issue was fixed in version 2.16.0.
Title Egress Policy Bypass via DNS over HTTPS (DoH) in Harden-Runner (Community Tier)
Weaknesses CWE-693
CWE-863
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 4.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Mar 20, 2026, 4:05 PM
Reserved
Mar 17, 2026, 12:05 AM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Mar 20, 2026, 5:16 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 10:36 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Mar 20, 2026, 4:03 AM