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CVE-2026-34041: nektos act · Injection

Affects nektos actSource CVE Database V5

0

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.7 High : upgrade to 0.2.86 soon.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 11:07 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
7.7High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 49% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 0.2.86
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 31 Mar 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

Upgrade act and nektos/act to 0.2.86.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
nektosactAffected
  • <0.2.86
Fixed in
  • 0.2.86
GitHubnektos/actpkg:github/nektos/actOther threatsAffected
  • <0.2.86
Fixed in
  • 0.2.86

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AI-suggested

This vulnerability has been officially patched in nektos act version 0.2.86. Users should upgrade to version 0.2.86 or later to remediate this issue. Since this is not a cloud service, remediation depends on applying the patch. Patch status is confirmed by the vendor advisory stating the issue is fixed in version 0.2.86.

Description

act is a project which allows for local running of github actions. Prior to version 0.2.86, act unconditionally processes the deprecated ::set-env:: and ::add-path:: workflow commands, which was disabled due to environment injection risks. When a workflow step echoes untrusted data to stdout, an attacker can inject these commands to set arbitrary environment variables or modify the PATH for all subsequent steps in the job. This issue has been patched in version 0.2.86.

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