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checkmarx-ast-github-action

Incident Summary

Checkmarx AST GitHub Action compromised

Attackers gained unauthorized access to Checkmarx GitHub repositories through the TeamPCP/Trivy supply-chain chain and injected credential-harvesting payloads into the public AST GitHub Action. Checkmarx reported a March 23, 2026 exposure window for the GitHub Actions and a second affected ast-github-action tag, 2.3.35, on April 22, 2026.

Date
2026-03-23 to 2026-04-22
Category
Commercial
Target Surface
Revision control
Insertion Phase
CI/CD
Impact
Credential theft
Cause
Compromised Account/Credentials

What Was Affected

Package checkmarx-ast-github-action
LanguageShell
ComponentApplication
Artifact typeaction
Domain typerepository
Domain github.com

Compromised Versions

  • main during March 2026 exposure window
  • 2.3.32
  • 2.3.35

Incident Context

Motive
Credential Theft
Attribution
Advanced Persistent Threat
Transitive
Yes
User Impact
0
Observed Duration
30 days

Evidence

Compromised Artifacts

External References

Source Data

Source record: proprietary/checkmarx-ast/meta.yaml