Megalodon GitHub Attack Targets 5,561 Repos with Malicious CI/CD Workflows

2026-05-22T13:24:12Z8a677401f7f1511d66d1bf080f581722fe5efb248bdaa3a5f59bf1aa7cdd0cbd
bitlockerci-cd-compromisecisa-kevddosgithub-actionsgithub-breachlinux-kernellpemalwaremalware-signingnpm-tamperingprivilege-escalationrcesupply-chain

What happened

This collection of reports highlights a spike in supply-chain and active exploitation incidents: the automated 'Megalodon' campaign injected malicious GitHub Actions workflows into thousands of repositories to exfiltrate CI secrets; multiple GitHub breaches (including a poisoned Nx Console VS Code extension and an employee-device compromise) led to exfiltration of internal repos; and Grafana was breached via a tainted TanStack npm package. Major exploited or high-severity vulnerabilities and proofs-of-concept were disclosed or added to KEV — notable entries include Cisco Secure Workload (CVE-2

Why it matters

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8a677401f7f1511d66d1bf080f581722fe5efb248bdaa3a5f59bf1aa7cdd0cbd
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2026-05-22T13:24:12Z
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Yes

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