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CVE-2022-39321

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-39321 is a critical vulnerability affecting GitHub Actions Runner versions prior to 2.296.2, 2.293.1, 2.289.4, 2.285.2, and 2.283.4. It allows an attacker to inject arbitrary commands into the Docker invocation by escaping environment variables, potentially leading to remote code execution. With a CVSS score of 9.9, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low privileges and no user interaction, resulting in complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion has been observed, immediate patching is recommended due to its critical severity.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.283.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:github:runner:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.284.0, < 2.285.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:github:runner:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.286.0, < 2.289.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:github:runner:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.290.0, < 2.293.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:github:runner:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.294.0, < 2.296.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:github:runner:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.47%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
71.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0147 is in the 77th percentile among its peer group of 1,128 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 1.0 Bluesky, 0.5 Mastodon, and 1.6 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (6)

actionspatch availablevia ghsa
Product: actions/runnerFixed in: 2.296.2
actionspatch availablevia ghsa
Product: actions/runnerFixed in: 2.293.1
actionspatch availablevia ghsa
Product: actions/runnerFixed in: 2.289.4
actionspatch availablevia ghsa
Product: actions/runnerFixed in: 2.285.2
actionspatch availablevia ghsa
Product: actions/runnerFixed in: 2.283.4
github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

actionsGHSA-2c6m-6gqh-6qg3high

Docker Command Escaping in the GitHub Actions Runner

Oct 25, 2022

References

github.com / actions/runner/pull/2107
PatchRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
github.com / actions/runner/pull/2108
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / actions/runner/security/advisories/GHSA-2c6m-6gqh-6qg3
Third Party Advisory