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On March 19, 2026, attackers compromised Aqua Security's Trivy GitHub Action by force-updating existing version tags to deliver infostealer malware through CI/CD pipelines. The root cause was incomplete credential rotation after an earlier breach, allowing attackers to retain access to newly issued tokens. Key remediation steps include auditing and rotating all secrets exposed to affected runners, pinning GitHub Actions to immutable commit SHAs instead of mutable version tags, and limiting runner privileges using OIDC to avoid long-lived credentials. The incident highlights the broader SaaS supply chain risk where a single upstream compromise can cascade to hundreds of downstream organizations.

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