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CVE-2026-34041

act: Unrestricted set-env and add-path command processing enables environment injection

CVSS 7.7 HIGHEPSS 0.6%CWE-74
Vexday Risk Score
21Low
SSVC decision (CISA)
Track
No exploitation signal → monitor
CVSS 7.7EPSS 0.6%KEV nãoPoC Nuclei Metasploit Patch
Lifecycle
31 Mar 2026Published on NVD
Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.
act is a project which allows for local running of github actions. Prior to version 0.2.86, act unconditionally processes the deprecated ::set-env:: and ::add-path:: workflow commands, which was disabled due to environment injection risks. When a workflow step echoes untrusted data to stdout, an attacker can inject these commands to set arbitrary environment variables or modify the PATH for all subsequent steps in the job. This issue has been patched in version 0.2.86.
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Affected products
nektos · act

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