# CVE-2026-39382: dbt has a Command Injection in Reusable Workflow via Unsanitized comment-body Output

- Severity: CVSS 9.3 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2026-04-07 · Updated: 2026-04-08

## Affected

- dbt-labs dbt-core: version range not reported

## Description

dbt enables data analysts and engineers to transform their data using the same practices that software engineers use to build applications. Inside the reusable workflow dbt-labs/actions/blob/main/.github/workflows/open-issue-in-repo.yml, the prep job uses peter-evans/find-comment to search for an existing comment indicating that a docs issue has already been opened. The output steps.issue_comment.outputs.comment-body is then interpolated directly into a bash if statement. Because comment-body is attacker-controlled text and is inserted into shell syntax without escaping, a malicious comment body can break out of the quoted string and inject arbitrary shell commands. This vulnerability is fixed with commit bbed8d28354e9c644c5a7df13946a3a0451f9ab9.

## What to do

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## References

- https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/security/advisories/GHSA-5jxf-vmqr-5g82
- https://github.com/dbt-labs/actions/commit/bbed8d28354e9c644c5a7df13946a3a0451f9ab9
- https://github.com/pvharmo2/gha-lab-4a8fad8536

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