FKIE_CVE-2026-53541

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-08-21 23:16 - Updated: 2026-09-09 21:06
Severity
4.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Summary
OliveTin gives access to predefined shell commands from a web interface. The `filterToDefinedArgumentsOnly` function in the executor is intended to discard any arguments not explicitly defined in the action's configuration. However, prior to commit ebffd9f040f791208aee1db2e5a8aecd1e3e603d, a special case allows any argument whose name starts with `ot_` to bypass this filter. While two system arguments (`ot_executionTrackingId` and `ot_username`) are injected by OliveTin and overridden, all other `ot_`-prefixed arguments supplied by the user pass through unmodified. These bypassed arguments are not type-checked — the validation loop only iterates over the action's defined arguments, so `ot_`-prefixed arguments skip all type safety checks entirely; set as environment variables — via `buildEnv()`, with completely unvalidated values, and passed to the executed command; and included in the template context — available as `.Arguments.ot_*` in template rendering. Commit ebffd9f040f791208aee1db2e5a8aecd1e3e603d contains a patch.
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/OliveTin/OliveTin/commit/ebffd9f040f791208aee1db2e5a8aecd1e3e603d
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/OliveTin/OliveTin/security/advisories/GHSA-prj9-97mp-mwh2
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://github.com/OliveTin/OliveTin/security/advisories/GHSA-prj9-97mp-mwh2
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      "value": "OliveTin gives access to predefined shell commands from a web interface. The `filterToDefinedArgumentsOnly` function in the executor is intended to discard any arguments not explicitly defined in the action\u0027s configuration. However, prior to commit ebffd9f040f791208aee1db2e5a8aecd1e3e603d, a special case allows any argument whose name starts with `ot_` to bypass this filter. While two system arguments (`ot_executionTrackingId` and `ot_username`) are injected by OliveTin and overridden, all other `ot_`-prefixed arguments supplied by the user pass through unmodified. These bypassed arguments are not type-checked \u2014 the validation loop only iterates over the action\u0027s defined arguments, so `ot_`-prefixed arguments skip all type safety checks entirely; set as environment variables \u2014 via `buildEnv()`, with completely unvalidated values, and passed to the executed command; and included in the template context \u2014 available as `.Arguments.ot_*` in template rendering. Commit ebffd9f040f791208aee1db2e5a8aecd1e3e603d contains a patch."
    }
  ],
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  "lastModified": "2026-09-09T21:06:39.057",
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