Composer: Github Actions issued GITHUB_TOKEN disclosure in GitHub Actions logs
Composer is a dependency Manager for the PHP language. Prior to 1.10.28, 2.2.28, and 2.9.8, Composer\IO\BaseIO::loadConfiguration() validates GitHub OAuth tokens with the regex ^[.A-Za-z0-9_]+$ and interpolates rejected tokens into an UnexpectedValueException; GitHub Actions GITHUB_TOKEN values using the ghs_<id>_<base64url-JWT> format can contain -, fail validation, and be disclosed to stderr or CI logs. This issue is fixed in versions 1.10.28, 2.2.28, and 2.9.8.
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Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-45793US | — | — | ||
Composer is a dependency Manager for the PHP language. Prior to 1.10.28, 2.2.28, and 2.9.8, Composer\IO\BaseIO::loadConfiguration() validates GitHub OAuth tokens with the regex ^[.… | ||||
references
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://github.com/composer/composer/commit/3f5e7f9fbfa541137d6d1d5643ec3b718e9d5039WEB
- https://github.com/composer/composer/commit/65e6390c49f1a11cd8b660d81822086db51fe2d1WEB
- https://github.com/composer/composer/commit/e66c8fdb7ff5409bd2f358c5f194038e49e93714WEB
- https://github.com/composer/composer/pull/12853WEB
- https://github.com/composer/composer/pull/12855WEB
- https://github.com/composer/composer/releases/tag/1.10.28WEB
- https://github.com/composer/composer/releases/tag/2.2.28WEB
- https://github.com/composer/composer/releases/tag/2.9.8WEB
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