CVE-2026-35581Emissary has a Command Injection via PLACE_NAME Configuration in Executrix
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Emissary is a P2P based data-driven workflow engine. Prior to 8.39.0, the Executrix utility class constructed shell commands by concatenating configuration-derived values — including the PLACE_NAME parameter — with insufficient sanitization. Only spaces were replaced with underscores, allowing shell metacharacters (;, |, $, `, (, ), etc.) to pass through into /bin/sh -c command execution. This vulnerability is fixed in 8.39.0.
- CVSS
- 7.2 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- 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
- Apr 8, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
NationalSecurityAgency emissary nationalsecurityagency:emissary (from the name) | before 8.39.0 | CNA record |
nsa emissary nsa:emissary | through 8.38.0 | NVD |
References
- https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/emissary/security/advisories/GHSA-6c37-7w4p-jg9vx-refsource-confirm, exploit, vendor-advisory
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