Description
dbt enables data analysts and engineers to transform their data using the same practices that software engineers use to build applications. Inside the reusable workflow dbt-labs/actions/blob/main/.github/workflows/open-issue-in-repo.yml, the prep job uses peter-evans/find-comment to search for an existing comment indicating that a docs issue has already been opened. The output steps.issue_comment.outputs.comment-body is then interpolated directly into a bash if statement. Because comment-body is attacker-controlled text and is inserted into shell syntax without escaping, a malicious comment body can break out of the quoted string and inject arbitrary shell commands. This vulnerability is fixed with commit bbed8d28354e9c644c5a7df13946a3a0451f9ab9.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| dbt-labs | dbt-core | < bbed8d28354e9c644c5a7df13946a3a0451f9ab9 | — |
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-4a8fad8536 ★ 0 · Sep 5, 2026
Security-research lab reproducing CVE-2026-39382 (GHSA-5jxf-vmqr-5g82): command injection in dbt-labs reusable workflow open-issue-in-repo.yml, driven by a dbt-core-style docs-issue.yml caller
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.