CVE-2026-32948
sbt: Source dependency feature (via crafted VCS URL) leads to arbitrary code execution on Windows
CVSS Score
0.0
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
7th
sbt is a build tool for Scala, Java, and others. From version 0.9.5 to before version 1.12.7, on Windows, sbt uses Process("cmd", "/c", ...) to run VCS commands (git, hg, svn). The URI fragment (branch, tag, revision) is user-controlled via the build definition and passed to these commands without validation. Because cmd /c interprets &, |, and ; as command separators, a malicious fragment can execute arbitrary commands. This issue has been patched in version 1.12.7.
| CWE | CWE-78 |
| Vendor | sbt |
| Product | sbt |
| Published | Mar 24, 2026 |
| Last Updated | Mar 26, 2026 |
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Affected Versions
sbt / sbt
>= 0.9.5, < 1.12.7
References
github.com: https://github.com/sbt/sbt/security/advisories/GHSA-x4ff-q6h8-v7gw github.com: https://github.com/sbt/sbt/commit/1ce945b6b79cbe3cef6c0fe9efbbd2904e0f479e github.com: https://github.com/sbt/sbt/commit/3a474ab060df4dbfa825a7e7bc97e00056519800 github.com: https://github.com/sbt/sbt/releases/tag/v1.12.7