// #pipeline-security
2 articles
AI Coding Agents in CI/CD Pipelines: Mapping the Attack Surface After Pwn2Own AI Category Results
The Pwn2Own Berlin 2026 AI category results — five products exploited — have a compounding implication for organisations where AI coding agents are integrated with CI/CD pipelines, code repositories, and cloud deployment infrastructure. An exploited AI agent running in a pipeline is not a developer workstation compromise; it is a supply chain entry point.
Jenkins GitHub Plugin CVE-2026-42523 — CVSS 9.0 Stored XSS Enables Pipeline Hijacking and Secret Extraction
CVE-2026-42523, rated CVSS 9.0, is a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in the Jenkins GitHub Plugin 1.46.0 and earlier. Exploitation allows an attacker with job creation rights to inject malicious JavaScript that executes in the browser of any Jenkins administrator who views the affected job — enabling session hijacking, secret extraction, and full pipeline takeover. Update to GitHub Plugin 1.46.1 or later.