Description
A vulnerability was found in ONS Digital RAS Collection Instrument up to 2.0.27 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is the function jobs of the file .github/workflows/comment.yml. The manipulation of the argument $COMMENT_BODY leads to os command injection. Upgrading to version 2.0.28 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is dcaad2540f7d50c512ff2e031d3778dd9337db2b. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-234248.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| ONS Digital | RAS Collection Instrument | 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.0.4, 2.0.5, 2.0.6, 2.0.7, 2.0.8, 2.0.9, 2.0.10, 2.0.11, 2.0.12, 2.0.13, 2.0.14, 2.0.15, 2.0.16, 2.0.17, 2.0.18, 2.0.19, 2.0.20, 2.0.21, 2.0.22, 2.0.23, 2.0.24, 2.0.25, 2.0.26, 2.0.27 | — |
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
GitHub 1 repository
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pvharmo2/gha-lab-e4a85583c3 ★ 0 · Aug 31, 2026
Security-research lab reproducing CVE-2020-36762 (GHSA-h9gr-83jq-f3xc): bash command injection via github.event.comment.body in the comment workflow of ONSdigital/ras-collection-instrument
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- https://vuldb.com/?id.234248 vdb-entry technical-description
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.234248 signature permissions-required
- https://github.com/ONSdigital/ras-collection-instrument/pull/199 issue-tracking
- https://github.com/ONSdigital/ras-collection-instrument/commit/dcaad2540f7d50c512ff2e031d3778dd9337db2b patch
- https://github.com/ONSdigital/ras-collection-instrument/releases/tag/2.0.28 patch