CVE-2026-53541 PUBLISHED

OliveTin has Unvalidated `ot_`-prefixed Arguments that Bypass Input Filtering

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 09.06.2026 Published: 21.08.2026 Updated: 21.08.2026

OliveTin gives access to predefined shell commands from a web interface. The filterToDefinedArgumentsOnly function in the executor is intended to discard any arguments not explicitly defined in the action's configuration. However, prior to commit ebffd9f040f791208aee1db2e5a8aecd1e3e603d, a special case allows any argument whose name starts with ot_ to bypass this filter. While two system arguments (ot_executionTrackingId and ot_username) are injected by OliveTin and overridden, all other ot_-prefixed arguments supplied by the user pass through unmodified. These bypassed arguments are not type-checked — the validation loop only iterates over the action's defined arguments, so ot_-prefixed arguments skip all type safety checks entirely; set as environment variables — via buildEnv(), with completely unvalidated values, and passed to the executed command; and included in the template context — available as .Arguments.ot_* in template rendering. Commit ebffd9f040f791208aee1db2e5a8aecd1e3e603d contains a patch.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS Score: 4.3

Product Status

Vendor OliveTin
Product OliveTin
Versions
  • Version <= 2025.03.07 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation CWE