CVE-2026-35581: Emissary has a Command Injection via PLACE_NAME Configuration in Executrix

April 8, 2026

The Executrix utility class constructed shell commands by concatenating configuration-derived values — including the PLACE_NAME parameter — with insufficient sanitization. Only spaces were replaced with underscores, allowing shell metacharacters (;, |, $, `, (, ), etc.) to pass through into /bin/sh -c command execution.

References

github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/emissary
github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/emissary/pull/1290
github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/emissary/security/advisories/GHSA-6c37-7w4p-jg9v
github.com/advisories/GHSA-6c37-7w4p-jg9v
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-35581

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