CVE record · CVE-2026-44723

Vowpal Wabbit: Shell injection via crafted PR title in python_checks.yml allows arbitrary command execution on CI runner

CVSS 5.0 MediumEPSS 0.0047 · 41st percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: GitHub_M) at 26 May 2026, 15:49 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
VendorProductVersions
VowpalWabbit vowpal_wabbit
  • affected < 998e390e80a7e8192d7849b7784bc113dbd190ad
Identifiers
CVE-2026-44723
CNA
GitHub_M
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-78 · CWE-1336
Published
26 May 2026
Updated
28 May 2026

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
5.0 Medium 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N CNA (GitHub_M)
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.0047, the 41st percentile, on 14 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

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Sources

References from the CNA

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