CVE-2021-4281
Brave UX for-the-badge combine-prs.yml os command injection
- Published
- Dec 26, 2022
- Updated
- Aug 3, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- VulDB
- Evidence observed
- Aug 31, 2026
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 77.0%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
A vulnerability was found in Brave UX for-the-badge and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file .github/workflows/combine-prs.yml. The manipulation leads to os command injection. The name of the patch is 55b5a234c0fab935df5fb08365bc8fe9c37cf46b. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. VDB-216842 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.
Sources
1- gha-lab-232af4821fResearch
Security-research lab reproducing CVE-2021-4281 (GHSA-3796-3f93-cfvx): shell command injection via PR head-branch name in .github/workflows/combine-prs.yml (snapshot of BraveUX/for-the-badge @ 409c1fda). Do not use; authorized reproduction only.
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