OS Command Injection in sbt - CVE-2026-32948
Published: April 28, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU128316
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-32948
CWE-ID: CWE-78
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Scala sbt
Affected software:
sbt
sbt
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands.
The vulnerability exists due to command injection in the source dependency VCS command execution logic when processing a crafted VCS URL fragment on Windows. A remote attacker can supply a specially crafted dependency URI fragment to execute arbitrary commands.
User interaction is required to load a build definition containing the crafted dependency URI.
How to mitigate CVE-2026-32948
Install security update from vendor's website.