CVE-2025-59844

HIGH

SonarSource/sonarqube-scan-action 4.0.0-5.9.9 - OS Command Injection via args Parameter on Windows Runners

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

SonarQube Server and Cloud is a static analysis solution for continuous code quality and security inspection. A command injection vulnerability exists in SonarQube GitHub Action in version 4.0.0 to before version 6.0.0 when workflows pass user-controlled input to the args parameter on Windows runners without proper validation. This vulnerability bypasses a previous security fix and allows arbitrary command execution, potentially leading to exposure of sensitive environment variables and compromise of the runner environment. The vulnerability has been fixed in version 6.0.0. Users should upgrade to this version or later.

Scores

CVSS v4 7.7
EPSS 0.0153
EPSS Percentile 71.4%
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-78
Status published
Products (2)
GitHub Actions/SonarSource/sonarqube-scan-action 4.0.0 - 6.0.0GitHub Actions
SonarSource/sonarqube-scan-action >= 4.0.0, < 6.0.0
Published Sep 26, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026