CVE-2026-35197 (GCVE-0-2026-35197)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-06 19:39 – Updated: 2026-04-07 16:11
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Code injection in dye template expressions
Summary
dye is a portable and respectful color library for shell scripts. Prior to 1.1.1, certain dye template expressions would result in execution of arbitrary code. This issue was discovered and fixed by dye's author, and is not known to be exploited. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.1.1.
Severity
6.6 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-04-07 16:11 UTC
CWE
- CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/mattieb/dye/security/advisorie… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://mattiebee.io/dye-template-advisory | x_refsource_MISC |
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