CVE-2026-35571 PUBLISHED

Emissary has Stored XSS via Navigation Template Link Injection

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 03.04.2026 Published: 07.04.2026 Updated: 07.04.2026

Emissary is a P2P based data-driven workflow engine. Prior to 8.39.0, Mustache navigation templates interpolated configuration-controlled link values directly into href attributes without URL scheme validation. An administrator who could modify the navItems configuration could inject javascript: URIs, enabling stored cross-site scripting (XSS) against other authenticated users viewing the Emissary web interface. This vulnerability is fixed in 8.39.0.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS Score: 4.8

Product Status

Vendor NationalSecurityAgency
Product emissary
Versions
  • Version < 8.39.0 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') CWE