# CVE-2026-54074: @tinacms/cli: Remote Code Execution via Forestry migration — unsanitised \_\_TINA\_INTERNAL\_\_ marker in user-controlled YAML labels

- Also known as: GHSA-4936-9HRH-QQPW
- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.4.3
- Published: 2026-07-01 · Updated: 2026-07-02

## Affected

- tinacms: fixed in 2.4.3
- @tinacms/cli (npm): fixed in 2.4.3

## Description

Tina is a headless content management system. @tinacms/cli versions prior to 2.4.3 contain a Remote Code Execution vulnerability in the Forestry-to-Tina migration command. The internal helper addVariablesToCode unquotes any value matching the marker "__TINA_INTERNAL__:::(.*?):::" inside the stringified collection JSON. User-supplied label and name fields from .forestry/**/*.yml are placed into that JSON without any sanitisation. An attacker who controls a Forestry-style project can therefore inject arbitrary JavaScript into the generated tina/templates.{ts,js} file. The injected code is written at module top level, so it executes the moment the developer runs tinacms dev or tinacms build, with the developer's privileges. This issue has been fixed in version 2.4.3.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on tinacms, @tinacms/cli, upgrade to a fixed version (2.4.3) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/tinacms/tinacms/security/advisories/GHSA-4936-9hrh-qqpw

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