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SCA: security update for gov.nsa.emissary:emissary (GHSA-6c37-7w4p-jg9v)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 439998

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - Emissary is a P2P based data-driven workflow engine. Prior to 8.39.0, the Executrix utility class
 constructed shell commands by concatenating configuration-derived values — including the PLACE_NAME
 parameter — with insufficient sanitization. Only spaces were replaced with underscores, allowing shell
 metacharacters (;, |, $, `, (, ), etc.) to pass through into /bin/sh -c command execution. This
 vulnerability is fixed in 8.39.0. (CVE-2026-35581)

Solution

Update the gov.nsa.emissary:emissary library and its related packages to version 8.39.0 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6c37-7w4p-jg9v

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 439998

Version: Revision 1.8

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 4/8/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.88

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.3

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-35581

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/8/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/7/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-35581

cwe: CWE-78