CVE-2026-35197: CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') in mattieb dye
CVE-2026-35197 is a code injection vulnerability in the dye color library for shell scripts prior to version 1. 1. 1. Certain dye template expressions could lead to arbitrary code execution. The issue was discovered and fixed by the author in version 1. 1. 1. There are no known exploits in the wild. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6. 6, indicating medium severity.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The dye library versions before 1.1.1 contain an improper control of code generation vulnerability (CWE-94) where specific template expressions allow execution of arbitrary code. This flaw enables an attacker with local access and limited privileges to execute code, potentially compromising confidentiality and integrity. The vulnerability was addressed and fixed in dye version 1.1.1 by the original author.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation could allow an attacker with local access and limited privileges to execute arbitrary code, resulting in high confidentiality and integrity impact but no availability impact. There are no reports of exploitation in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
Upgrade dye to version 1.1.1 or later, where this vulnerability has been fixed. Since the vendor author has released a fixed version, applying this official update is the recommended remediation. Patch status is confirmed by the vendor's fix in version 1.1.1.
CVE-2026-35197: CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') in mattieb dye
Description
CVE-2026-35197 is a code injection vulnerability in the dye color library for shell scripts prior to version 1. 1. 1. Certain dye template expressions could lead to arbitrary code execution. The issue was discovered and fixed by the author in version 1. 1. 1. There are no known exploits in the wild. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6. 6, indicating medium severity.
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
The dye library versions before 1.1.1 contain an improper control of code generation vulnerability (CWE-94) where specific template expressions allow execution of arbitrary code. This flaw enables an attacker with local access and limited privileges to execute code, potentially compromising confidentiality and integrity. The vulnerability was addressed and fixed in dye version 1.1.1 by the original author.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation could allow an attacker with local access and limited privileges to execute arbitrary code, resulting in high confidentiality and integrity impact but no availability impact. There are no reports of exploitation in the wild.
Mitigation Recommendations
Upgrade dye to version 1.1.1 or later, where this vulnerability has been fixed. Since the vendor author has released a fixed version, applying this official update is the recommended remediation. Patch status is confirmed by the vendor's fix in version 1.1.1.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- GitHub_M
- Date Reserved
- 2026-04-01T18:48:58.937Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 69d40d5a0a160ebd92d69897
Added to database: 4/6/2026, 7:45:30 PM
Last enriched: 4/14/2026, 3:58:16 PM
Last updated: 5/22/2026, 12:01:27 AM
Views: 47
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