backport fixes to releases-v6 (#2527)

* block checking out fork pr for pull_request_target and workflow_run (#2454)

* block checking out fork pr for some events

* address copilot and reviewer feedback

* run prettier formatting

* build

* update urls

* update readme

* update description and url again

* edit url one more time

* update error wording (#2467)

README.md

@@ -162,8 +162,11 @@ Please refer to the [release page](https://github.com/actions/checkout/releases/
     github-server-url: ''
 
     # Required to check out fork pull request code from a workflow triggered by
-    # `pull_request_target` or `workflow_run`. See [Pwn Requests](todo:need-link) for
+    # `pull_request_target` or `workflow_run`. These workflows run with the base
-    # the risks. Set to `true` only after reviewing the risks.
+    # repository's GITHUB_TOKEN, secrets, default-branch cache scope, and runner
+    # access; fetching and executing a fork's code in that trusted context commonly
+    # leads to "pwn request" vulnerabilities. Set to `true` only after reviewing the
+    # risks at https://gh.io/securely-using-pull_request_target.
     # Default: false
     allow-unsafe-pr-checkout: ''
 ```

__test__/input-helper.test.ts

@@ -12,15 +12,24 @@ const gitHubWorkspace = path.resolve('/checkout-tests/workspace')
 // Inputs for mock @actions/core
 let inputs = {} as any
 
+// Replicate @actions/core getInput behavior: it trims whitespace by default
+// (String.prototype.trim(), which strips characters such as a leading U+FEFF BOM)
+// unless trimWhitespace is explicitly set to false.
+const getInputImpl = (name: string, options?: {trimWhitespace?: boolean}) => {
+  const val = inputs[name] ?? ''
+  if (options && options.trimWhitespace === false) {
+    return val
+  }
+  return typeof val === 'string' ? val.trim() : val
+}
+
 // Shallow clone original @actions/github context
 let originalContext = {...github.context}
 
 describe('input-helper tests', () => {
   beforeAll(() => {
     // Mock getInput
-    jest.spyOn(core, 'getInput').mockImplementation((name: string) => {
+    jest.spyOn(core, 'getInput').mockImplementation(getInputImpl as any)
-      return inputs[name]
-    })
 
     // Mock error/warning/info/debug
     jest.spyOn(core, 'error').mockImplementation(jest.fn())
@@ -151,8 +160,86 @@ describe('input-helper tests', () => {
     expect(settings.commit).toBeFalsy()
   })
 
+  it('does not reclassify a ref as sha when a BOM is prefixed', async () => {
+    // A fork branch named "<U+FEFF>" + 40 hex chars. core.getInput trims the
+    // BOM by default, which previously collapsed this into a bare SHA and
+    // bypassed the unsafe fork PR checkout guard.
+    inputs.ref = '\uFEFF522d932fae5296da51fdf431934425ecf891c6a2'
+    const settings: IGitSourceSettings = await inputHelper.getInputs()
+    expect(settings.commit).toBeFalsy()
+    expect(settings.ref).toBe('522d932fae5296da51fdf431934425ecf891c6a2')
+  })
+
+  it('does not reclassify a sha-256 ref as sha when a BOM is prefixed', async () => {
+    inputs.ref =
+      '\uFEFF1111111111222222222233333333334444444444555555555566666666667777'
+    const settings: IGitSourceSettings = await inputHelper.getInputs()
+    expect(settings.commit).toBeFalsy()
+    expect(settings.ref).toBe(
+      '1111111111222222222233333333334444444444555555555566666666667777'
+    )
+  })
+
+  it('treats a sha surrounded by ascii whitespace as a commit', async () => {
+    // ASCII whitespace can only come from the workflow author's YAML (git ref
+    // names cannot contain it), so trimming it and treating the value as a
+    // commit is safe.
+    inputs.ref = '  1111111111222222222233333333334444444444  '
+    const settings: IGitSourceSettings = await inputHelper.getInputs()
+    expect(settings.ref).toBeFalsy()
+    expect(settings.commit).toBe('1111111111222222222233333333334444444444')
+  })
+
   it('sets workflow organization ID', async () => {
     const settings: IGitSourceSettings = await inputHelper.getInputs()
     expect(settings.workflowOrganizationId).toBe(123456)
   })
+
+  describe('unsafe PR checkout guard', () => {
+    const forkPayload = {
+      repository: {id: 100},
+      pull_request: {
+        head: {
+          sha: '1234567890123456789012345678901234567890',
+          repo: {id: 200, full_name: 'attacker/fork'}
+        },
+        merge_commit_sha: 'aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa'
+      }
+    }
+
+    it('allows the default self-checkout on a fork pull_request_target', async () => {
+      const originalEvent = github.context.eventName
+      const originalPayload = github.context.payload
+      const originalSha = github.context.sha
+      try {
+        github.context.eventName = 'pull_request_target'
+        github.context.payload = forkPayload as any
+        // Simulate a rebase/fast-forward merge where the base tip (event SHA)
+        // equals the PR head SHA. The default self-checkout must still succeed.
+        github.context.sha = '1234567890123456789012345678901234567890'
+        const settings: IGitSourceSettings = await inputHelper.getInputs()
+        expect(settings.commit).toBe('1234567890123456789012345678901234567890')
+      } finally {
+        github.context.eventName = originalEvent
+        github.context.payload = originalPayload
+        github.context.sha = originalSha
+      }
+    })
+
+    it('refuses an explicit fork repository on pull_request_target', async () => {
+      const originalEvent = github.context.eventName
+      const originalPayload = github.context.payload
+      try {
+        github.context.eventName = 'pull_request_target'
+        github.context.payload = forkPayload as any
+        inputs.repository = 'attacker/fork'
+        await expect(inputHelper.getInputs()).rejects.toThrow(
+          /Refusing to check out fork pull request code/
+        )
+      } finally {
+        github.context.eventName = originalEvent
+        github.context.payload = originalPayload
+      }
+    })
+  })
 })

__test__/unsafe-pr-checkout-helper.test.ts

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ const PR_MERGE_SHA = '2222222222222222222222222222222222222222'
 const SAFE_BASE_SHA = '3333333333333333333333333333333333333333'
 const WORKFLOW_RUN_HEAD_COMMIT_SHA = '4444444444444444444444444444444444444444'
 const BASE_QUALIFIED_REPO = 'some-owner/some-repo'
+const FORK_QUALIFIED_REPO = 'another-repo/fork'
 
 function setContext(eventName: string, payload: object): void {
   ;(github.context as {eventName: string}).eventName = eventName
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ function forkPullRequestTargetPayload(): object {
     pull_request: {
       head: {
         sha: PR_HEAD_SHA,
-        repo: {id: FORK_REPO_ID}
+        repo: {id: FORK_REPO_ID, full_name: FORK_QUALIFIED_REPO}
       },
       merge_commit_sha: PR_MERGE_SHA
     }
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ function sameRepoPullRequestTargetPayload(): object {
     pull_request: {
       head: {
         sha: PR_HEAD_SHA,
-        repo: {id: BASE_REPO_ID}
+        repo: {id: BASE_REPO_ID, full_name: BASE_QUALIFIED_REPO}
       },
       merge_commit_sha: PR_MERGE_SHA
     }
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ function forkWorkflowRunPayload(): object {
     workflow_run: {
       event: 'pull_request',
       head_commit: {id: WORKFLOW_RUN_HEAD_COMMIT_SHA},
-      head_repository: {id: FORK_REPO_ID}
+      head_repository: {id: FORK_REPO_ID, full_name: FORK_QUALIFIED_REPO}
     }
   }
 }
@@ -164,7 +165,7 @@ describe('unsafe-pr-checkout-helper', () => {
     setContext('pull_request_target', forkPullRequestTargetPayload())
     expect(() =>
       assertSafePrCheckout({
-        qualifiedRepository: 'attacker/fork',
+        qualifiedRepository: FORK_QUALIFIED_REPO,
         ref: 'refs/heads/main',
         commit: '',
         allowUnsafePrCheckout: false
@@ -172,13 +173,25 @@ describe('unsafe-pr-checkout-helper', () => {
     ).toThrow()
   })
 
+  it('allows pull_request_target checkout of an unrelated third-party repo', () => {
+    setContext('pull_request_target', forkPullRequestTargetPayload())
+    expect(() =>
+      assertSafePrCheckout({
+        qualifiedRepository: 'some-other/unrelated',
+        ref: 'refs/heads/main',
+        commit: '',
+        allowUnsafePrCheckout: false
+      })
+    ).not.toThrow()
+  })
+
   it('refuses pull_request_target ignoring repository case differences', () => {
     setContext('pull_request_target', forkPullRequestTargetPayload())
     expect(() =>
       assertSafePrCheckout({
-        qualifiedRepository: 'SOME-OWNER/SOME-REPO',
+        qualifiedRepository: FORK_QUALIFIED_REPO.toUpperCase(),
         ref: '',
-        commit: PR_HEAD_SHA,
+        commit: '',
         allowUnsafePrCheckout: false
       })
     ).toThrow()

action.yml

@@ -101,8 +101,11 @@ inputs:
   allow-unsafe-pr-checkout:
     description: >
       Required to check out fork pull request code from a workflow triggered by
-      `pull_request_target` or `workflow_run`. See [Pwn Requests](todo:need-link)
+      `pull_request_target` or `workflow_run`. These workflows run with the
-      for the risks. Set to `true` only after reviewing the risks.
+      base repository's GITHUB_TOKEN, secrets, default-branch cache scope, and
+      runner access; fetching and executing a fork's code in that trusted
+      context commonly leads to "pwn request" vulnerabilities. Set to `true`
+      only after reviewing the risks at https://gh.io/securely-using-pull_request_target.
     default: false
 outputs:
   ref:

dist/index.js

@@ -2059,6 +2059,23 @@ function getInputs() {
             `${github.context.repo.owner}/${github.context.repo.repo}`.toUpperCase();
         // Source branch, source version
         result.ref = core.getInput('ref');
+        // core.getInput()'s default trim strips a range of Unicode characters such as a
+        // leading BOM (U+FEFF) or NBSP (U+00A0). Those are valid in a git ref name, so
+        // a fork branch named "<BOM>" + 40 hex chars would trim down to a bare SHA and
+        // be silently reclassified as a commit, bypassing the unsafe fork PR checkout
+        // guard.
+        //
+        // The trim below strips only the ASCII whitespace characters which are all forbidden
+        // in a git branch name.
+        //   \t  U+0009  horizontal tab   - ASCII control, forbidden in ref names
+        //   \n  U+000A  line feed        - ASCII control, forbidden in ref names
+        //   \v  U+000B  vertical tab     - ASCII control, forbidden in ref names
+        //   \f  U+000C  form feed        - ASCII control, forbidden in ref names
+        //   \r  U+000D  carriage return  - ASCII control, forbidden in ref names
+        //   ' ' U+0020  space            - forbidden in ref names
+        const asciiTrimmedRef = core
+            .getInput('ref', { trimWhitespace: false })
+            .replace(/^[\t\n\v\f\r ]+|[\t\n\v\f\r ]+$/g, '');
         if (!result.ref) {
             if (isWorkflowRepository) {
                 result.ref = github.context.ref;
@@ -2071,8 +2088,8 @@ function getInputs() {
             }
         }
         // SHA?
-        else if (result.ref.match(/^(?:[0-9a-fA-F]{40}|[0-9a-fA-F]{64})$/)) {
+        else if (asciiTrimmedRef.match(/^(?:[0-9a-fA-F]{40}|[0-9a-fA-F]{64})$/)) {
-            result.commit = result.ref;
+            result.commit = asciiTrimmedRef;
             result.ref = '';
         }
         core.debug(`ref = '${result.ref}'`);
@@ -2150,12 +2167,19 @@ function getInputs() {
             (core.getInput('allow-unsafe-pr-checkout') || 'false').toUpperCase() ===
                 'TRUE';
         core.debug(`allow unsafe PR checkout = ${result.allowUnsafePrCheckout}`);
-        unsafePrCheckoutHelper.assertSafePrCheckout({
+        // The default self-checkout (this repository with no explicit ref) always
-            qualifiedRepository,
+        // resolves to the trusted ref/commit GitHub set for the triggering event, so
-            ref: result.ref,
+        // the fork-checkout guard only needs to run when the caller customized the
-            commit: result.commit,
+        // repository or ref.
-            allowUnsafePrCheckout: result.allowUnsafePrCheckout
+        const isDefaultCheckout = isWorkflowRepository && !core.getInput('ref');
-        });
+        if (!isDefaultCheckout) {
+            unsafePrCheckoutHelper.assertSafePrCheckout({
+                qualifiedRepository,
+                ref: result.ref,
+                commit: result.commit,
+                allowUnsafePrCheckout: result.allowUnsafePrCheckout
+            });
+        }
         return result;
     });
 }
@@ -2793,9 +2817,11 @@ function assertSafePrCheckout(input) {
         return;
     }
     let prHeadRepoId;
+    let prHeadRepoFullName;
     const prShas = [];
     if (eventName === 'pull_request_target') {
         prHeadRepoId = (0, ref_helper_1.fromPayload)('pull_request.head.repo.id');
+        prHeadRepoFullName = (0, ref_helper_1.fromPayload)('pull_request.head.repo.full_name');
         pushIfSha(prShas, (0, ref_helper_1.fromPayload)('pull_request.head.sha'));
         pushIfSha(prShas, (0, ref_helper_1.fromPayload)('pull_request.merge_commit_sha'));
     }
@@ -2805,7 +2831,13 @@ function assertSafePrCheckout(input) {
             return;
         }
         prHeadRepoId = (0, ref_helper_1.fromPayload)('workflow_run.head_repository.id');
+        prHeadRepoFullName = (0, ref_helper_1.fromPayload)('workflow_run.head_repository.full_name');
         pushIfSha(prShas, (0, ref_helper_1.fromPayload)('workflow_run.head_commit.id'));
+        // For `pull_request_target`-triggered workflow_run, `head_sha` is the base
+        // default branch SHA (not the PR head)
+        if (wrEvent !== 'pull_request_target') {
+            pushIfSha(prShas, (0, ref_helper_1.fromPayload)('workflow_run.head_sha'));
+        }
     }
     // (A) Fork PR?
     if (typeof prHeadRepoId !== 'number' || prHeadRepoId === baseRepoId) {
@@ -2813,21 +2845,21 @@ function assertSafePrCheckout(input) {
     }
     // (B) We cannot check for all fork PR refs so check to see
     // if the resolved input points to the fork PR sha we have in the payload
-    const baseQualifiedRepository = `${github.context.repo.owner}/${github.context.repo.repo}`;
+    const repositoryMatchesPrHead = typeof prHeadRepoFullName === 'string' &&
-    const repositoryDiffersFromBase = input.qualifiedRepository.toLowerCase() !==
+        input.qualifiedRepository.toLowerCase() === prHeadRepoFullName.toLowerCase();
-        baseQualifiedRepository.toLowerCase();
     const refMatchesPullPattern = PR_REF_PATTERN.test(input.ref);
     const commitMatchesPrHeadSha = !!input.commit && prShas.includes(input.commit.toLowerCase());
-    if (!repositoryDiffersFromBase &&
+    if (!repositoryMatchesPrHead &&
         !refMatchesPullPattern &&
         !commitMatchesPrHeadSha) {
         return;
     }
     throw new Error(`Refusing to check out fork pull request code from a '${eventName}' workflow. ` +
         `This workflow runs with the base repository's GITHUB_TOKEN, secrets, default-branch ` +
-        `cache scope, and runner access. Fetching fork's code in that trusted context is a ` +
+        `cache scope, and runner access. Fetching and executing a fork's code in that trusted ` +
-        `"pwn request" supply-chain attack pattern. To opt in after reviewing the risk, set ` +
+        `context commonly leads to "pwn request" vulnerabilities. To opt in, review the risks ` +
-        `'allow-unsafe-pr-checkout: true' on the actions/checkout step.`);
+        `at https://gh.io/securely-using-pull_request_target and set 'allow-unsafe-pr-checkout: true' ` +
+        `on the actions/checkout step.`);
 }
 function pushIfSha(target, value) {
     if (typeof value === 'string' && value.length > 0) {

src/input-helper.ts

@@ -59,6 +59,23 @@ export async function getInputs(): Promise<IGitSourceSettings> {
 
   // Source branch, source version
   result.ref = core.getInput('ref')
+  // core.getInput()'s default trim strips a range of Unicode characters such as a
+  // leading BOM (U+FEFF) or NBSP (U+00A0). Those are valid in a git ref name, so
+  // a fork branch named "<BOM>" + 40 hex chars would trim down to a bare SHA and
+  // be silently reclassified as a commit, bypassing the unsafe fork PR checkout
+  // guard.
+  //
+  // The trim below strips only the ASCII whitespace characters which are all forbidden
+  // in a git branch name.
+  //   \t  U+0009  horizontal tab   - ASCII control, forbidden in ref names
+  //   \n  U+000A  line feed        - ASCII control, forbidden in ref names
+  //   \v  U+000B  vertical tab     - ASCII control, forbidden in ref names
+  //   \f  U+000C  form feed        - ASCII control, forbidden in ref names
+  //   \r  U+000D  carriage return  - ASCII control, forbidden in ref names
+  //   ' ' U+0020  space            - forbidden in ref names
+  const asciiTrimmedRef = core
+    .getInput('ref', {trimWhitespace: false})
+    .replace(/^[\t\n\v\f\r ]+|[\t\n\v\f\r ]+$/g, '')
   if (!result.ref) {
     if (isWorkflowRepository) {
       result.ref = github.context.ref
@@ -72,8 +89,8 @@ export async function getInputs(): Promise<IGitSourceSettings> {
     }
   }
   // SHA?
-  else if (result.ref.match(/^(?:[0-9a-fA-F]{40}|[0-9a-fA-F]{64})$/)) {
+  else if (asciiTrimmedRef.match(/^(?:[0-9a-fA-F]{40}|[0-9a-fA-F]{64})$/)) {
-    result.commit = result.ref
+    result.commit = asciiTrimmedRef
     result.ref = ''
   }
   core.debug(`ref = '${result.ref}'`)
@@ -168,12 +185,19 @@ export async function getInputs(): Promise<IGitSourceSettings> {
     'TRUE'
   core.debug(`allow unsafe PR checkout = ${result.allowUnsafePrCheckout}`)
 
-  unsafePrCheckoutHelper.assertSafePrCheckout({
+  // The default self-checkout (this repository with no explicit ref) always
-    qualifiedRepository,
+  // resolves to the trusted ref/commit GitHub set for the triggering event, so
-    ref: result.ref,
+  // the fork-checkout guard only needs to run when the caller customized the
-    commit: result.commit,
+  // repository or ref.
-    allowUnsafePrCheckout: result.allowUnsafePrCheckout
+  const isDefaultCheckout = isWorkflowRepository && !core.getInput('ref')
-  })
+  if (!isDefaultCheckout) {
+    unsafePrCheckoutHelper.assertSafePrCheckout({
+      qualifiedRepository,
+      ref: result.ref,
+      commit: result.commit,
+      allowUnsafePrCheckout: result.allowUnsafePrCheckout
+    })
+  }
 
   return result
 }

src/unsafe-pr-checkout-helper.ts

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ const PR_REF_PATTERN = /^refs\/pull\/[0-9]+\/(?:head|merge)$/
 export interface IUnsafePrCheckoutInput {
   qualifiedRepository: string
   ref: string
-  commit: string
+  commit: string | undefined
   allowUnsafePrCheckout: boolean
 }
 
@@ -26,10 +26,12 @@ export function assertSafePrCheckout(input: IUnsafePrCheckoutInput): void {
   }
 
   let prHeadRepoId: unknown
+  let prHeadRepoFullName: unknown
   const prShas: string[] = []
 
   if (eventName === 'pull_request_target') {
     prHeadRepoId = fromPayload('pull_request.head.repo.id')
+    prHeadRepoFullName = fromPayload('pull_request.head.repo.full_name')
     pushIfSha(prShas, fromPayload('pull_request.head.sha'))
     pushIfSha(prShas, fromPayload('pull_request.merge_commit_sha'))
   } else {
@@ -38,7 +40,13 @@ export function assertSafePrCheckout(input: IUnsafePrCheckoutInput): void {
       return
     }
     prHeadRepoId = fromPayload('workflow_run.head_repository.id')
+    prHeadRepoFullName = fromPayload('workflow_run.head_repository.full_name')
     pushIfSha(prShas, fromPayload('workflow_run.head_commit.id'))
+    // For `pull_request_target`-triggered workflow_run, `head_sha` is the base
+    // default branch SHA (not the PR head)
+    if (wrEvent !== 'pull_request_target') {
+      pushIfSha(prShas, fromPayload('workflow_run.head_sha'))
+    }
   }
 
   // (A) Fork PR?
@@ -48,16 +56,15 @@ export function assertSafePrCheckout(input: IUnsafePrCheckoutInput): void {
 
   // (B) We cannot check for all fork PR refs so check to see
   // if the resolved input points to the fork PR sha we have in the payload
-  const baseQualifiedRepository = `${github.context.repo.owner}/${github.context.repo.repo}`
+  const repositoryMatchesPrHead =
-  const repositoryDiffersFromBase =
+    typeof prHeadRepoFullName === 'string' &&
-    input.qualifiedRepository.toLowerCase() !==
+    input.qualifiedRepository.toLowerCase() === prHeadRepoFullName.toLowerCase()
-    baseQualifiedRepository.toLowerCase()
   const refMatchesPullPattern = PR_REF_PATTERN.test(input.ref)
   const commitMatchesPrHeadSha =
     !!input.commit && prShas.includes(input.commit.toLowerCase())
 
   if (
-    !repositoryDiffersFromBase &&
+    !repositoryMatchesPrHead &&
     !refMatchesPullPattern &&
     !commitMatchesPrHeadSha
   ) {
@@ -67,9 +74,10 @@ export function assertSafePrCheckout(input: IUnsafePrCheckoutInput): void {
   throw new Error(
     `Refusing to check out fork pull request code from a '${eventName}' workflow. ` +
       `This workflow runs with the base repository's GITHUB_TOKEN, secrets, default-branch ` +
-      `cache scope, and runner access. Fetching fork's code in that trusted context is a ` +
+      `cache scope, and runner access. Fetching and executing a fork's code in that trusted ` +
-      `"pwn request" supply-chain attack pattern. To opt in after reviewing the risk, set ` +
+      `context commonly leads to "pwn request" vulnerabilities. To opt in, review the risks ` +
-      `'allow-unsafe-pr-checkout: true' on the actions/checkout step.`
+      `at https://gh.io/securely-using-pull_request_target and set 'allow-unsafe-pr-checkout: true' ` +
+      `on the actions/checkout step.`
   )
 }