Description
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.
Affected products
njzjz: wenxian
References1
- github.com/njzjz/wenxian/security/advisories/GHSA-r4fj-r33x-8v88 ExploitMitigationVendor Advisory
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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9.8
CRITICAL
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 2% percentile: 83 · as of 12 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-77CWE-78
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