CVE-2026-34243CRITICAL 9.8EPSS p79.9%

CVE-2026-34243CVE-2026-34243

Description

wenxian is a tool to generate BIBTEX files from given identifiers (DOI, PMID, arXiv ID, or paper title). In versions 0.3.1 and prior, a GitHub Actions workflow uses untrusted user input from issue_comment.body directly inside a shell command, allowing potential command injection and arbitrary code execution on the runner. At time of publication, there are no publicly available patches.

Scoring

CVSS 3.19.8 (CRITICAL)
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS2.17% probability of exploitation · percentile 79.9% · 2026-06-19T12:03:05Z
Published2026-03-31
Last modified2026-04-03

Underlying weaknesses· 2

CWE-77CWE-78

References

  1. https://github.com/njzjz/wenxian/security/advisories/GHSA-r4fj-r33x-8v88

2

TypeTargetConfidenceTier
WeaknessImproper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')cwe-770%live
WeaknessImproper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')cwe-780%live

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