# CVE-2025-58178: Command Injection via sonarqube-scan-action GitHub Action

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.3.1
- Published: 2025-09-02 · Updated: 2025-09-02

## Affected

- SonarSource sonarqube-scan-action: from 4, fixed in 5.3.1

## Description

SonarQube Server and Cloud is a static analysis solution for continuous code quality and security inspection. In versions 4 to 5.3.0, a command injection vulnerability was discovered in the SonarQube Scan GitHub Action that allows untrusted input arguments to be processed without proper sanitization. Arguments sent to the action are treated as shell expressions, allowing potential execution of arbitrary commands. A fix has been released in SonarQube Scan GitHub Action 5.3.1.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on SonarSource sonarqube-scan-action, upgrade to a fixed version (5.3.1) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/SonarSource/sonarqube-scan-action/security/advisories/GHSA-f79p-9c5r-xg88
- https://github.com/SonarSource/sonarqube-scan-action/pull/200
- https://github.com/SonarSource/sonarqube-scan-action/commit/016cabf33a6b7edf0733e179a03ad408ad4e88ba
- https://community.sonarsource.com/t/security-advisory-sonarqube-scanner-github-action/147696
- https://sonarsource.atlassian.net/browse/SQSCANGHA-101

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