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title: "Trigger.dev environment-variable incident"
description: "Trigger.dev disclosed unauthorized access to environment variables belonging to a subset of customer organizations on November 1, 2026."
incident_type: "Cybersecurity incident"
status: "active"
last_modified: "2026-11-04"
canonical_url: "https://www.ally.security/incidents/trigger-dev-environment-variable-incident-2026"
markdown_url: "https://www.ally.security/incidents/trigger-dev-environment-variable-incident-2026.md"
stix_url: "https://www.ally.security/incidents/trigger-dev-environment-variable-incident-2026/stix.json"
---

# Trigger.dev environment-variable incident

Trigger.dev disclosed unauthorized access to environment variables belonging to a subset of customer organizations on November 1, 2026.

Last modified Nov 4, 2026 · 1 source

## Summary

- **Environment:** Hosted task automation environments
- **Operational impact:** Environment variables exposed for a subset of organizations
- **Financial impact:** No incident cost disclosed

## What happened

[Trigger.dev](https://trigger.dev/) disclosed unauthorized access to environment variables belonging to a subset of customer organizations on November 1, 2026. [1](#source-1)

## Impact

The company did not publish an affected-organization count or identify which variables were accessed. [1](#source-1)

## Timeline

### November 1, 2026 — Incident disclosed and exploit blocked

Incident disclosed and exploit blocked, according to the published account. [Incident notice](https://trigger.dev/blog/security-incident-nov-2026). [1](#source-1)

### November 4, 2026 — Briefing updated

This briefing was last reviewed and updated on November 4, 2026.

## Threat Group & Attack Vector

Trigger.dev said it blocked the exploit. Its initial disclosure does not identify the vulnerability, entry method or attacker. [1](#source-1)

### Actors

- No threat actor group has been identified in the reviewed public evidence.

### TTPs

- No specific MITRE ATT\&CK technique is currently mapped for this case.

## Response

Trigger.dev emailed affected account owners with mitigation steps and said further details would follow. [1](#source-1)

## Assets

[Download the case-scoped STIX 2.1 bundle](<https://www.ally.security/incidents/trigger-dev-environment-variable-incident-2026/stix.json>)

## Sources

Primary source records used to research this incident.

<a id="source-1"></a>

### Trigger.dev data security notice

official · Trigger.dev · Nov 1, 2026

<https://trigger.dev/blog/security-incident-nov-2026>

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<summary>Evidence ledger</summary>

Review the supporting structured claims.

1. **Resulted In · 100% confidence · current**  
   Trigger.dev environment-variable incident: Trigger.dev disclosed unauthorized access to environment variables belonging to a subset of customer organizations on November 1, 2026.
2. **Affected Organization · 100% confidence · current**  
   Trigger.dev environment-variable incident: Trigger.dev
3. **Resulted In · 100% confidence · current**  
   Trigger.dev environment-variable incident: Trigger.dev said it blocked the exploit. Its initial disclosure does not identify the vulnerability, entry method or attacker.
4. **Resulted In · 100% confidence · current**  
   Trigger.dev environment-variable incident: Incident disclosed and exploit blocked
5. **Disclosed At · 100% confidence · current**  
   Trigger.dev environment-variable incident: 2026-11-01
6. **Occurred At · 100% confidence · current**  
   Incident disclosed and exploit blocked: 2026-11-01
7. **Resulted In · 100% confidence · current**  
   Trigger.dev environment-variable incident: Trigger.dev emailed affected account owners with mitigation steps and said further details would follow.
8. **Resulted In · 100% confidence · current**  
   Trigger.dev environment-variable incident: The company did not publish an affected-organization count or identify which variables were accessed.

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