Apache DolphinScheduler: Command Injection in the Alert Script Plugin
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- 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
The scriptPath parameter is incorporated into a /bin/sh -c command without sufficient neutralization of shell metacharacters, allowing shell command substitution and execution. An authenticated user can exploit this behavior by creating a resource whose filename contains shell command substitution syntax, such as $(...), and subsequently supplying the resulting path to the Alert Script plugin's /test-send endpoint. When the alert script is executed, the shell interprets the injected command, resulting in arbitrary command execution with the privileges of the DolphinScheduler service process. This issue affects Apache DolphinScheduler: before 3.4.3. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.4.3, which fixes the issue.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- 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 Apache DolphinScheduler (Apache Software Foundation) Fixed in 3.4.3
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Apache DolphinScheduler 3.4.3
7 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 1 MEDIUM, 6 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-54400 Apache DolphinScheduler: Actuator Endpoint Authentication Bypass via Percent-Encoded PathsPriority LOW 30
- TI-2026-47058 Apache DolphinScheduler: Unauthorized Disclosure of Data Source Information via /datasources/unauth-datasourcePriority LOW 29
- TI-2026-50198 Apache DolphinScheduler: Missing Authorization in query-dynamic-sub-workflows API Leads to Information DisclosurePriority LOW 28
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-82804
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6m78-8x87-73vx
References
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Sources
- CVE-2026-82804 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-82804 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-6m78-8x87-73vx · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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