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1 vulnerability by vowpalwabbit
CVE-2026-44723 (GCVE-0-2026-44723)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-26 15:49 – Updated: 2026-05-28 13:58
VLAI
Title
Vowpal Wabbit: Shell injection via crafted PR title in python_checks.yml allows arbitrary command execution on CI runner
Summary
Vowpal Wabbit is a machine learning system. The workflow .github/workflows/python_checks.yml embeds ${{ github.event.pull_request.title }} directly inside double-quoted bash strings in four separate steps across four jobs, each passing it as a CLI argument to the Python test script run_tests_model_gen_and_load.py. The shell interprets the expanded string before invoking Python, allowing an attacker to break out of the quotes and execute arbitrary commands on the runner. The pull_request trigger fires on PRs targeting any branch (branches: ['*']), with no additional access gate. This vulnerability is fixed by the 998e390e80a7e8192d7849b7784bc113dbd190ad commit.
Severity
5 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/VowpalWabbit/vowpal_wabbit/sec… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://github.com/VowpalWabbit/vowpal_wabbit/com… | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| VowpalWabbit | vowpal_wabbit |
Affected:
< 998e390e80a7e8192d7849b7784bc113dbd190ad
|
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