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 3.1 | 9.8 (CRITICAL) |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 2.17% probability of exploitation · percentile 79.9% · 2026-06-19T12:03:05Z |
| Published | 2026-03-31 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-03 |
Underlying weaknesses· 2
References
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| Type | Target | Confidence | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weakness | Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')cwe-77 | 0% | live |
| Weakness | Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')cwe-78 | 0% | live |
Related by meaning· 6
Nearest entities by semantic similarity across the cs-graph corpus.