CVE-2026-39382
dbt has a Command Injection in Reusable Workflow via Unsanitized comment-body Output
- Published
- Apr 7, 2026
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Assigning CNA
- GitHub_M
- Evidence observed
- Sep 5, 2026
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:XLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 32.8%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
dbt enables data analysts and engineers to transform their data using the same practices that software engineers use to build applications. Inside the reusable workflow dbt-labs/actions/blob/main/.github/workflows/open-issue-in-repo.yml, the prep job uses peter-evans/find-comment to search for an existing comment indicating that a docs issue has already been opened. The output steps.issue_comment.outputs.comment-body is then interpolated directly into a bash if statement. Because comment-body is attacker-controlled text and is inserted into shell syntax without escaping, a malicious comment body can break out of the quoted string and inject arbitrary shell commands. This vulnerability is fixed with commit bbed8d28354e9c644c5a7df13946a3a0451f9ab9.
Sources
1- gha-lab-4a8fad8536Research
Security-research lab reproducing CVE-2026-39382 (GHSA-5jxf-vmqr-5g82): command injection in dbt-labs reusable workflow open-issue-in-repo.yml, driven by a dbt-core-style docs-issue.yml caller
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