CVE-2026-35580

Emissary has GitHub Actions Shell Injection via Workflow Inputs

State
Published
Severity
9.1 Critical
Published
Apr 7, 2026
Updated
Apr 7, 2026
Reserved
Apr 3, 2026

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Description

Emissary is a P2P based data-driven workflow engine. Prior to 8.39.0, GitHub Actions workflow files contained shell injection points where user-controlled workflow_dispatch inputs were interpolated directly into shell commands via ${{ }} expression syntax. An attacker with repository write access could inject arbitrary shell commands, leading to repository poisoning and supply chain compromise affecting all downstream users. This vulnerability is fixed in 8.39.0.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.19.1 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HGitHub_M

Weaknesses

  • CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')

Affected Products

ProductVersions
emissaryNationalSecurityAgency
  • < 8.39.0Affected

References

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