CVE-2026-34041 HIGH

CVE-2026-34041: act: Unrestricted set-env and add-path command processing enables environment injection

Vendor Nektos
Product act
Weakness CWE-74
Published March 31, 2026
Last update April 2, 2026

CVSS base score

7.7/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction
Confidentiality
Integrity

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

March 31, 2026 CVE published
April 2, 2026 Record updated