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CVE-2025-58178

Command Injection via sonarqube-scan-action GitHub Action

Published: Sep 2, 2025Updated: Sep 2, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-77
NVD MITRE
7.8CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
1.1%
Top 38.0%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
4 Known
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

SonarQube Server and Cloud is a static analysis solution for continuous code quality and security inspection. In versions 4 to 5.3.0, a command injection vulnerability was discovered in the SonarQube Scan GitHub Action that allows untrusted input arguments to be processed without proper sanitization. Arguments sent to the action are treated as shell expressions, allowing potential execution of arbitrary commands. A fix has been released in SonarQube Scan GitHub Action 5.3.1.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-77

Affected Products

sonarqube-scan-actionSonarSource
On-prem
DevTools & CI / build-test-tools
SonarSource/sonarqube-scan-actionGitHub Actions
SaaS
DevTools & CI / ci-cd
sonarsourcecommercialDevTools & CIaka sonarqube, sonarqube-scan-action, jenkins plugin
github actionscommercialUSDevTools & CIaka github actions

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Exploitability

4 exploit sources identified

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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
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References

https://github.com/SonarSource/sonarqube-scan-action/security/advisories/GHSA-f79p-9c5r-xg88
github.com
https://github.com/SonarSource/sonarqube-scan-action/pull/200
github.com
https://github.com/SonarSource/sonarqube-scan-action/commit/016cabf33a6b7edf0733e179a03ad408ad4e88ba
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Timeline

Published
Sep 2, 2025
Last Updated
Sep 2, 2025

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