CVE-2026-77157

The ast-cli tool is vulnerable to arbitrary binary execution because it fails to verify checksums for helper binaries (Vorpal ASCA real-time engine and SCA Resolver) during its auto-update flow. This flow is triggered by Checkmarx VSCode/JetBrains extensions and the cx scan "sca-realtime" command...

CVE-2026-77157 ast-cli: Auto-update downloads are not verified against a checksum before execution

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...