CVE-2026-34041

CRITICAL

act: Unrestricted set-env and add-path command processing enables environment injection

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

act is a project which allows for local running of github actions. Prior to version 0.2.86, act unconditionally processes the deprecated ::set-env:: and ::add-path:: workflow commands, which was disabled due to environment injection risks. When a workflow step echoes untrusted data to stdout, an attacker can inject these commands to set arbitrary environment variables or modify the PATH for all subsequent steps in the job. This issue has been patched in version 0.2.86.

References (3)

Core 3

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0003
EPSS Percentile 7.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable yes
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-74
Status published
Products (2)
nektos/act < 0.2.86 (2 CPE variants)
nektos/act 0 - 0.2.86Go
Published Mar 31, 2026
Tracked Since Mar 31, 2026