What is CVE-2026-35581?

CVE-2026-35581 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nationalsecurityagency Emissary, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2026-04-07.

How severe is CVE-2026-35581?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.

RCE in Nationalsecurityagency Emissary

CVE-2026-35581

Emissary is a P2P based data-driven workflow engine. Prior to 8.39.0, the Executrix utility class constructed shell commands by concatenating configuration-derived values — including the PLACE_NAME parameter — with insufficient sanitizatio…

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.001 (31.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Nationalsecurityagency Emissary — versions < 8.39.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

References

https://github.com/NationalSecurityAgency/emissary/security/advisories/GHSA-6c37-7w4p-jg9v (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-35581?: CVE-2026-35581 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nationalsecurityagency Emissary, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2026-04-07.
How severe is CVE-2026-35581?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.