OS command injection in CJCOLLIER Google::Auth
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-78.
Summary
Google::Auth versions before 0.06 for Perl run a command named in an external_account credentials JSON via an ungated system call. The Pluggable subclass reads credential_source.executable.command from the credentials JSON and runs it as `system($command)`, a single argument call that passes the whole string to /bin/sh -c. The executable's environment_variables map from the same JSON is copied into %ENV first. No opt-in gate guards the call. make_creds selects the Pluggable subclass whenever credential_source.executable is present, so the path is reached from the standard Application Default Credentials flow, including a "type": "external_account" configuration read from the file named by GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS. Configurations without credential_source.executable do not select this subclass and do not reach the call. Any caller that builds credentials from a configuration it does not fully control runs the embedded command with the privileges of the application process.
Why it matters now
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
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Google::Auth (CJCOLLIER) Fixed in 0.06
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-66902
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vjmh-7f4c-cx88
References
More CJCOLLIER vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-47476 Server-side request forgery in CJCOLLIER Google::Auth CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2026-66902 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-66902 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-vjmh-7f4c-cx88 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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