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.
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Advisories
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 Github GHSA |
GHSA-r4fj-r33x-8v88 | wenxian: Command Injection in GitHub Actions Workflow via `issue_comment.body` |
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Tue, 31 Mar 2026 16:15:00 +0000
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| 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. | |
| Title | wenxian: Command Injection in GitHub Actions Workflow via `issue_comment.body` | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-77 CWE-78 |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published:
Updated: 2026-03-31T15:49:27.333Z
Reserved: 2026-03-26T16:22:29.034Z
Link: CVE-2026-34243
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NVD
Status : Received
Published: 2026-03-31T16:16:33.253
Modified: 2026-03-31T16:16:33.253
Link: CVE-2026-34243
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