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1 vulnerability found for wenxian by njzjz

CVE-2026-34243 (GCVE-0-2026-34243)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-03-31 15:49
Modified
2026-04-02 15:21
Severity ?
CWE
  • CWE-77 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')
  • CWE-78 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
Summary
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.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
njzjz wenxian Version: <= 0.3.1
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