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Bumps step-security/harden-runner from 2.17.0 to 2.19.1.

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v2.19.1

What's Changed

What the fix changes

  • Harden-Runner will detect ubuntu-slim runners and exit cleanly with an informational log message, instead of post harden runner step failing on chown: invalid user: 'undefined'.

What the fix does not do

  • Jobs running on ubuntu-slim will not be monitored by Harden-Runner. The agent relies on kernel-level features (that require elevated capabilities).
  • Per GitHub's docs on single-CPU runners: "The container for ubuntu-slim runners runs in unprivileged mode. This means that some operations requiring elevated privileges such as mounting file systems, using Docker-in-Docker, or accessing low-level kernel features are not supported." Those low-level kernel features are what the agent needs, so monitoring inside the unprivileged container is not feasible today.

For StepSecurity enterprise customers If your security posture requires that workflows are always monitored, you can block the use of ubuntu-slim via workflow run policies see the Runner Label Policy docs. This lets you enforce that jobs only run on monitored runner types.

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Full Changelog: step-security/harden-runner@v2.19.0...v2.19.1

v2.19.0

What's Changed

New Runner Support

Harden-Runner now supports Depot, Blacksmith, Namespace, and WarpBuild runners with the same egress monitoring, runtime monitoring, and policy enforcement available on GitHub-hosted runners.

Automated Incident Response for Supply Chain Attacks

  • Global block list: Outbound connections to known malicious domains and IPs are now blocked even in audit mode.
  • System-defined detection rules: Harden-Runner will trigger lockdown mode when a high risk event is detected during an active supply chain attack (for example, a process reading the memory of the runner worker process, a common technique for stealing GitHub Actions secrets).

Bug Fixes

Windows and macOS: stability and reliability fixes

Full Changelog: step-security/harden-runner@v2.18.0...v2.19.0

v2.18.0

What's Changed

Global Block List: During supply chain incidents like the recent axios and trivy compromises, StepSecurity will add known malicious domains and IP addresses (IOCs) to a global block list. These will be automatically blocked, even in audit mode, providing immediate protection without requiring any workflow changes.

Deploy on Self-Hosted VM: Added deploy-on-self-hosted-vm input that allows the Harden Runner agent to be installed directly on ephemeral self-hosted Linux runner VMs at workflow runtime. This is intended as an alternative when baking the agent into the VM image is not possible.

Full Changelog: step-security/harden-runner@v2.17.0...v2.18.0

Commits
  • a5ad31d Merge pull request #657 from devantler/fix/ubuntu-slim-user-env
  • 6e92856 build dist and trim ubuntu-slim message
  • 4e0504e Merge branch 'main' into fix/ubuntu-slim-user-env
  • 8d3c67d Release v2.19.0 (#661)
  • 6c3c2f2 Feature/deploy on self hosted vm (#658)
  • 376d25a fix: detect ubuntu-slim runners early and bail out
  • See full diff in compare view

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Dependency Review

✅ No vulnerabilities or license issues or OpenSSF Scorecard issues found.

OpenSSF Scorecard

PackageVersionScoreDetails
actions/step-security/harden-runner a5ad31d6a139d249332a2605b85202e8c0b78450 🟢 8.2
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CheckScoreReason
Binary-Artifacts🟢 10no binaries found in the repo
Branch-Protection🟢 8branch protection is not maximal on development and all release branches
CI-Tests🟢 1015 out of 15 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 10
CII-Best-Practices⚠️ 0no effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
Code-Review🟢 10all changesets reviewed
Contributors🟢 6project has 2 contributing companies or organizations -- score normalized to 6
Dangerous-Workflow🟢 10no dangerous workflow patterns detected
Dependency-Update-Tool🟢 10update tool detected
Fuzzing⚠️ 0project is not fuzzed
License🟢 10license file detected
Maintained🟢 1014 commit(s) and 4 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
Packaging⚠️ -1packaging workflow not detected
Pinned-Dependencies🟢 6dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 6
SAST🟢 10SAST tool is run on all commits
Security-Policy🟢 10security policy file detected
Signed-Releases⚠️ -1no releases found
Token-Permissions🟢 10GitHub workflow tokens follow principle of least privilege
Vulnerabilities🟢 46 existing vulnerabilities detected
actions/step-security/harden-runner a5ad31d6a139d249332a2605b85202e8c0b78450 🟢 8.2
Details
CheckScoreReason
Binary-Artifacts🟢 10no binaries found in the repo
Branch-Protection🟢 8branch protection is not maximal on development and all release branches
CI-Tests🟢 1015 out of 15 merged PRs checked by a CI test -- score normalized to 10
CII-Best-Practices⚠️ 0no effort to earn an OpenSSF best practices badge detected
Code-Review🟢 10all changesets reviewed
Contributors🟢 6project has 2 contributing companies or organizations -- score normalized to 6
Dangerous-Workflow🟢 10no dangerous workflow patterns detected
Dependency-Update-Tool🟢 10update tool detected
Fuzzing⚠️ 0project is not fuzzed
License🟢 10license file detected
Maintained🟢 1014 commit(s) and 4 issue activity found in the last 90 days -- score normalized to 10
Packaging⚠️ -1packaging workflow not detected
Pinned-Dependencies🟢 6dependency not pinned by hash detected -- score normalized to 6
SAST🟢 10SAST tool is run on all commits
Security-Policy🟢 10security policy file detected
Signed-Releases⚠️ -1no releases found
Token-Permissions🟢 10GitHub workflow tokens follow principle of least privilege
Vulnerabilities🟢 46 existing vulnerabilities detected

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soumeh01 commented May 4, 2026

@dependabot rebase

Bumps [step-security/harden-runner](https://github.com/step-security/harden-runner) from 2.17.0 to 2.19.1.
- [Release notes](https://github.com/step-security/harden-runner/releases)
- [Commits](step-security/harden-runner@f808768...a5ad31d)

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- dependency-name: step-security/harden-runner
  dependency-version: 2.19.1
  dependency-type: direct:production
  update-type: version-update:semver-minor
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