Super-linter is a combination of multiple linters to run as a GitHub Action or standalone. From 6.0.0 to 8.3.0, the Super-linter GitHub Action is vulnerable to command injection via crafted filenames. When this action is used in downstream GitHub Actions workflows, an attacker can submit a pull request that introduces a file whose name contains shell command substitution syntax, such as $(...). In affected Super-linter versions, runtime scripts may execute the embedded command during file discovery processing, enabling arbitrary command execution in the workflow runner context. This can be used to disclose the job’s GITHUB_TOKEN depending on how the workflow configures permissions. This vulnerability is fixed in 8.3.1.
Advisories
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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-r79c-pqj3-577x Super-linter is vulnerable to command injection via crafted filenames in Super-linter Action
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History

Tue, 10 Feb 2026 16:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Super-linter
Super-linter super-linter
Vendors & Products Super-linter
Super-linter super-linter

Tue, 10 Feb 2026 16:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Mon, 09 Feb 2026 20:45:00 +0000

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Description Super-linter is a combination of multiple linters to run as a GitHub Action or standalone. From 6.0.0 to 8.3.0, the Super-linter GitHub Action is vulnerable to command injection via crafted filenames. When this action is used in downstream GitHub Actions workflows, an attacker can submit a pull request that introduces a file whose name contains shell command substitution syntax, such as $(...). In affected Super-linter versions, runtime scripts may execute the embedded command during file discovery processing, enabling arbitrary command execution in the workflow runner context. This can be used to disclose the job’s GITHUB_TOKEN depending on how the workflow configures permissions. This vulnerability is fixed in 8.3.1.
Title Command injection via crafted filenames in Super-linter Action
Weaknesses CWE-77
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-02-10T15:59:33.745Z

Reserved: 2026-02-05T18:35:52.358Z

Link: CVE-2026-25761

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-02-10T15:32:08.337Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-02-09T21:15:49.323

Modified: 2026-02-09T21:55:30.093

Link: CVE-2026-25761

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-02-10T16:26:50Z

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