CVE-2026-24844 HIGH

CVE-2026-24844: melange pipeline working-directory could allow command injection

Vendor Chainguard-Dev
Product melange
Weakness CWE-78
Published February 4, 2026
Last update February 5, 2026

CVSS base score

7.8/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction Required
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

melange allows users to build apk packages using declarative pipelines. From version 0.3.0 to before 0.40.3, an attacker who can provide build input values, but not modify pipeline definitions, could execute arbitrary shell commands if the pipeline uses ${{vars.*}} or ${{inputs.*}} substitutions in working-directory. The field is embedded into shell scripts without proper quote escaping. This issue has been patched in version 0.40.3.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

February 4, 2026 CVE published
February 5, 2026 Record updated