TI-2026-27686 Aliases CVE-2026-35583 GHSA-hxf2-gm22-7vcm

Emissary has a Path Traversal via Blacklist Bypass in Configuration API

LOW 30CWE-22Published 2026-04-07 · Updated 2026-04-09

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Low · None · None
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-22 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

Emissary is a P2P based data-driven workflow engine. Prior to 8.39.0, the configuration API endpoint (/api/configuration/{name}) validated configuration names using a blacklist approach that checked for \, /, .., and trailing .. This could potentially be bypassed using URL-encoded variants, double-encoding, or Unicode normalization to achieve path traversal and read configuration files outside the intended directory. This vulnerability is fixed in 8.39.0.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00333 26th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix Fixed emissary (NationalSecurityAgency): 8.39.0gov.nsa.emissary:emissary (Maven): 8.39.0

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: Yes
Technical impact: Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
NationalSecurityAgency	emissary	before 8.39.0	8.39.0	Patch available	CNA
—	gov.nsa.emissary:emissary (Maven)	before 8.39.0	8.39.0	Patch available	GHSA-hxf2-gm22-7vcm

emissary VendorNationalSecurityAgency Affected before 8.39.0 Fixed in 8.39.0 Patch available CNA
gov.nsa.emissary:emissary (Maven) Vendor— Affected before 8.39.0 Fixed in 8.39.0 Patch available GHSA-hxf2-gm22-7vcm

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:nsa:emissary::::::::	up to 8.38.0	Vulnerable	NationalSecurityAgency

cpe:2.3:a:nsa:emissary:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 8.38.0 Vulnerable ·NationalSecurityAgency

Remediation

Fix · CNA emissary (NationalSecurityAgency) Fixed in 8.39.0
Fix · GHSA-hxf2-gm22-7vcm gov.nsa.emissary:emissary (Maven) Fixed in 8.39.0 Advisory →

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-35583
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hxf2-gm22-7vcm

References

Exploit 1

https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/emissary/security/advisories/GHSA-hxf2-gm22-7vcm

Advisory 1

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-35583

Other 2

TI-2026-27685 Emissary has an OS Command Injection via Unvalidated IN_FILE_ENDING / OUT_FILE_ENDING in Executrix CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2021-12315 Post-authentication Remote Code Execution (RCE) in emissary:emissary CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
TI-2021-12307 Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in emissary:emissary CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
TI-2026-27683 Emissary has GitHub Actions Shell Injection via Workflow Inputs CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
TI-2021-12047 U.S. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2021-12049 The ConsoleAction component of U.S. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8

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Sources

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