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Plain-English summary
CVE-2016-10526 is a credential exposure issue in the grunt-gh-pages Node module. In common CI deployments, a GitHub token could be placed in a deployment URL, and affected versions logged that authenticated URL. If those CI logs were public or shared, the token should be treated as compromised.
Executive priority
Prioritize if the organization used public CI logs or open-source gh-pages deployment pipelines during the affected period. The main business risk is unauthorized repository access through leaked GitHub tokens.
Technical view
Affected grunt-gh-pages versions logged the URL auth component during Grunt task output. When CI jobs used GitHub tokens embedded in gh-pages deployment URLs, logs could disclose the token. The source bundle has inconsistent affected-version wording: the description says versions before 0.9.1, while affected data says up to 0.9.1.
Likely exposure
Exposure is most likely in older JavaScript projects using grunt-gh-pages for automated gh-pages publishing from CI, with GitHub tokens embedded in remote URLs and logs accessible outside trusted administrators.
Exploitation context
No active exploitation is indicated in the provided sources, and the CVE is not marked KEV. The practical risk is retrospective secret exposure through build logs rather than a network-reachable exploit path.
Researcher notes
The available evidence supports credential disclosure through logging, but not exploit prevalence or CVSS severity. Treat version boundaries carefully because the source bundle conflicts on whether 0.9.1 is affected or the fixed threshold.
Mitigation direction
- Identify projects using grunt-gh-pages in CI deployment workflows.
- Move off affected grunt-gh-pages releases using vendor advisory guidance.
- Rotate GitHub tokens that may have appeared in CI logs.
- Restrict CI log access and remove publicly exposed historical logs.
- Avoid embedding credentials directly in deployment URLs.
Validation and detection
- Search dependency manifests for grunt-gh-pages usage and recorded versions.
- Review CI configuration for GitHub tokens embedded in gh-pages URLs.
- Check historical CI logs for authenticated deployment URL output.
- Confirm exposed or suspect GitHub tokens were revoked and replaced.
- Verify current deployment logs do not print URL credentials.
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://github.com/tschaub/grunt-gh-pages/pull/41CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/85CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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