Frictionless OS Command Injection via explore Console Command
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Active
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-78.
Summary
Frictionless before 5.19.1 contains an OS command injection vulnerability in the explore console command that allows an attacker who supplies a crafted Data Package descriptor to execute arbitrary operating system commands as the user who explores it. Attackers can place shell metacharacters in resource path values within a datapackage.json descriptor, which are passed unsanitized to os.system through a shell, causing arbitrary command execution in the victim's security context when they run the explore command against the untrusted package. This vulnerability was also addressed in version 5.20.0rc2 of the pre-release branch.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- 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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| frictionlessdata | frictionless-py | before 5.19.1; 5.20.0rc1 to before 5.20.0rc2 | 5.19.1, 5.20.0rc2 | Patch available | CNA |
- frictionless-py Vendorfrictionlessdata Affected before 5.19.1; 5.20.0rc1 to before 5.20.0rc2 Fixed in 5.19.1, 5.20.0rc2 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA frictionless-py (frictionlessdata) Fixed in 5.19.1, 5.20.0rc2
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-93349
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4jpg-jrw7-h58p
References
Sources
- CVE-2026-93349 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-93349 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-4jpg-jrw7-h58p · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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