๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-34243

CRITICAL 9.8

wenxian: Command Injection in GitHub Actions Workflow via `issue_comment.body`

CVSS Score
9.8
EPSS Score
0.2%
EPSS Percentile
48th

wenxian is a tool to generate BIBTEX files from given identifiers (DOI, PMID, arXiv ID, or paper title). In versions 0.3.1 and prior, a GitHub Actions workflow uses untrusted user input from issue_comment.body directly inside a shell command, allowing potential command injection and arbitrary code execution on the runner. At time of publication, there are no publicly available patches.

CWE CWE-77 CWE-78
Vendor njzjz
Product wenxian
Published Mar 31, 2026
Last Updated Apr 2, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Affected Versions

njzjz / wenxian
<= 0.3.1

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
github.com: https://github.com/njzjz/wenxian/security/advisories/GHSA-r4fj-r33x-8v88