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TI-2026-39847 Aliases CVE-2026-55158GHSA-2qvg-qr73-mqxp

Conflibot: Command injection via crafted pull request branch names under pull_request_target

Priority MEDIUM 49CWE-78Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-78.

Summary

Conflibot warns in advance when merging a pull request will cause conflicts in other open pull requests. Prior to 1.2.1, src/index.ts builds git checkout, git merge, and git format-patch commands by interpolating the attacker-controlled pull request head.ref value into strings passed to exec. In the documented pull_request_target configuration, an attacker can open a pull request, including from a fork, whose branch name contains shell metacharacters, and the workflow automatically interprets those characters as commands without maintainer interaction. The commands execute on a runner with base-repository secrets and a write-scoped GITHUB_TOKEN, allowing arbitrary command execution, secret or token exfiltration, unauthorized pushes, and other token abuse. The fixed implementations in src/index.ts and src/conflibot.ts use execFile or spawn argument arrays, and the v2 line also uses numeric pull-request refs rather than branch names. This issue is fixed in versions 1.2.1 and 2.0.0.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00804 56th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed conflibot (wktk): 1.2.1wktk/conflibot (GitHub Actions): 1.2.1

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Total

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
wktkconflibotbefore 1.2.11.2.1Patch availableCNA
—wktk/conflibot (GitHub Actions)before 1.2.11.2.1Patch availableGHSA-2qvg-qr73-mqxp
  • conflibot Vendorwktk Affected before 1.2.1 Fixed in 1.2.1 Patch available CNA
  • wktk/conflibot (GitHub Actions) Vendor— Affected before 1.2.1 Fixed in 1.2.1 Patch available GHSA-2qvg-qr73-mqxp

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA conflibot (wktk) Fixed in 1.2.1
  • Fix · GHSA-2qvg-qr73-mqxp wktk/conflibot (GitHub Actions) Fixed in 1.2.1 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-55158
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2qvg-qr73-mqxp

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