The workflow is disguised as a security improvement and exfiltrates two categories of data to a hardcoded IP address over plain HTTP: the repository's named GitHub Actions secrets, and every cloud, AI ...
The malicious release was built from the project's own main branch and published with an npm provenance attestation. On October 5, 2026, StepSecurity analyzed @subql/common@5.8.3 on npm and identified ...
Why this matters Developers link AI provider accounts to OpenCode so the agent can call models on their behalf. If those linked credentials were exposed, an attacker could run inference against the ...
On October 5, 2026, StepSecurity analyzed @subql/common@5.8.3 on npm and identified a hidden payload that collects credentials and supports remote shell access. It starts during installation and when ...
AI agent skills live in two places. Developers install them on their own machines, and teams commit them to repositories so everyone who works in the codebase gets them. A skill often travels between ...
GhostAction returns: compromised maintainers push a fake security-audit.yml workflow that steals CI/CD secrets and cloud credentials from GitHub repos. Inventory the AI agent skills on developer ...
This case study is written by Circle's Technical Operations team, based on Circle's experience using StepSecurity at scale ...