Medium 6.7Published Mar 24, 2026

CVE-2026-32948sbt: Source dependency feature (via crafted VCS URL) leads to arbitrary code execution on Windows

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 6:30 AM ET)

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sbt is a build tool for Scala, Java, and others. From version 0.9.5 to before version 1.12.7, on Windows, sbt uses Process("cmd", "/c", ...) to run VCS commands (git, hg, svn). The URI fragment (branch, tag, revision) is user-controlled via the build definition and passed to these commands without validation. Because cmd /c interprets &, |, and ; as command separators, a malicious fragment can execute arbitrary commands. This issue has been patched in version 1.12.7.

CVSS: 6.7 MEDIUM (v4.0, CNA)CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-78
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: GitHub_M
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Mar 26, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

sbt sbt sbt:sbt (from the name)	from 0.9.5, < 1.12.7	CNA record
scala.epfl sbt scala.epfl:sbt	from 0.9.5 before 1.12.7	NVD

References

References

https://github.com/sbt/sbt/security/advisories/GHSA-x4ff-q6h8-v7gw	x-refsource-confirm, exploit, vendor-advisory
https://github.com/sbt/sbt/commit/1ce945b6b79cbe3cef6c0fe9efbbd2904e0f479e	x-refsource-misc, patch
https://github.com/sbt/sbt/commit/3a474ab060df4dbfa825a7e7bc97e00056519800	x-refsource-misc, patch
https://github.com/sbt/sbt/releases/tag/v1.12.7	x-refsource-misc, product, release-notes

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