A significant security vulnerability was recently discovered in DuckDuckGo's GitHub Actions continuous integration pipeline. A misconfigured workflow file, accessible to anyone with a free GitHub account, allowed an attacker to execute arbitrary code on DuckDuckGo's CI runner and potentially compromise the release pipeline for their browser software across multiple platforms. This highlights the critical importance of carefully configuring CI/CD pipelines, particularly when using the pull_request_target trigger, and emphasizes the need for code signing to prevent malicious artifacts from being distributed.
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