Description
Harden-Runner is a CI/CD security agent that works like an EDR for GitHub Actions runners. Versions from 0.12.0 to before 2.12.0 are vulnerable to `disable-sudo` bypass. Harden-Runner includes a policy option `disable-sudo` to prevent the GitHub Actions runner user from using sudo. This is implemented by removing the runner user from the sudoers file. However, this control can be bypassed as the runner user, being part of the docker group, can interact with the Docker daemon to launch privileged containers or access the host filesystem. This allows the attacker to regain root access or restore the sudoers file, effectively bypassing the restriction. This issue has been patched in version 2.12.0.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/step-security/harden-runner/security/advisories/GHSA-mxr3-8whj-j74r
Patch x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/step-security/harden-runner/commit/0634a2670c59f64b4a01f0f96f84700a4088b9f0
Release Notes x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/step-security/harden-runner/releases/tag/v2.12.0
Scores
CVSS v3
6.0
EPSS
0.0018
EPSS Percentile
7.8%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-268
CWE-269
Status
published
Products (2)
GitHub Actions/step-security/harden-runner
0.12.0 - 2.12.0GitHub Actions
step-security/harden-runner
>= 0.12.0, < 2.12.0
Published
Apr 21, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026