CVE-2026-77157
Received
Received - Intake
Code Execution in Checkmarx ast-cli via Unverified Archive Download
Vulnerability report for CVE-2026-77157, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.
Publication date: 2026-10-22
Last updated on: 2026-10-22
Assigner: Checkmarx
Description
Description
ast-cli downloads two helper binaries, the Vorpal ASCA real-time engine and the SCA Resolver, from "download.checkmarx.com" as part of its auto-update flow, triggered by the Checkmarx’s "VSCode/JetBrains" extensions and by cx scan "sca-realtime".
Prior to the fix, the downloaded archive was not verified against a checksum before extraction and execution. An attacker able to substitute the served archive could deliver an arbitrary binary that ast-cli would extract and execute the contents of the archive, since no integrity check was performed on the download.
Successful exploitation requires compromising "download.checkmarx.com" and replacing the served archive with one containing an attacker-controlled binary. If the served archive had been replaced that way, any developer machine or CI pipeline invoking ASCA (via Checkmarx's VSCode/JetBrains extensions) or cx scan "sca-realtime" on an affected version would have extracted and executed that binary in place of the intended download.
The download is now verified against a published SHA-256 checksum before extraction.
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| Checkmarx | github.com/checkmarx/ast-cli | 0 |
Helpful Resources
Exploitability
CWE
KEV
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-353 | The product uses a transmission protocol that does not include a mechanism for verifying the integrity of the data during transmission, such as a checksum. |
