CVE-2026-35580

Emissary has GitHub Actions Shell Injection via Workflow Inputs

Published Apr 7, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 9.1 Critical EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-3g6g-gq4r-xjm9 Emissary has GitHub Actions Shell Injection via Workflow Inputs
History
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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First Time appeared Nsa
Nsa emissary
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:nsa:emissary:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Nsa
Nsa emissary
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First Time appeared Nationalsecurityagency
Nationalsecurityagency emissary
Vendors & Products Nationalsecurityagency
Nationalsecurityagency emissary
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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.
Title Emissary has GitHub Actions Shell Injection via Workflow Inputs
Weaknesses CWE-77
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Apr 7, 2026, 6:25 PM
Reserved
Apr 3, 2026, 8:09 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Apr 7, 2026, 5:16 PM
Modified
Oct 26, 2026, 9:10 PM