Vulnerability details

CVE-2026-55441

jdx mise

mise: Arbitrary command execution via task-include files in an untrusted, config-less repository

CVSS 3.1
8.6High

Official description

mise manages dev tools like node, python, cmake, and terraform. Prior to 2026.6.4, mise's trust feature gates config files (mise.toml, .tool-versions) through trust_check, but task-include files are loaded on a path that never reaches it. When a directory has a task-include dir (mise-tasks/, .mise/tasks/, …) but no config file, mise falls back to the default includes and renders each task's tera fields — and that tera environment has exec() registered. A {{ exec(command='…') }} in any rendered field runs arbitrary commands the moment the tasks are merely listed. There's no config file to gate on, so no trust prompt ever appears. Read-only commands trigger it: mise tasks, mise task ls, mise run, mise tasks --usage (the query shell completion runs on Tab). The victim only has to cd into a cloned repo and list or tab-complete a task. This vulnerability is fixed in 2026.6.4.

CVSS scores

ScoreVersionSourceVector
8.6High 3.1 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (GitHub_M) CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

VendorProductVersionsSource
jdx mise < 2026.6.4 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)

References and advisories

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Details

Published
2026-06-26
Last updated
2026-06-26
State
Published
Assigner (CNA)
GitHub_M

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.18%
Probability of exploitation in 30 days
8%
Percentile (among all CVEs)

SSVC assessment (CISA)

Automatable
No
Exploitation
None
Technical impact
Total

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-78
    Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
  • CWE-94
    Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
  • CWE-732
    Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource