# CVE-2026-93349: Frictionless OS Command Injection via explore Console Command

- Severity: CVSS 8.6 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.19.1, 5.20.0rc2
- Published: 2026-09-23 · Updated: 2026-09-28

## Affected

- frictionlessdata frictionless-py: fixed in 5.19.1; from 5.20.0rc1, fixed in 5.20.0rc2

## Description

Frictionless before 5.19.1 contains an OS command injection vulnerability in the explore console command that allows an attacker who supplies a crafted Data Package descriptor to execute arbitrary operating system commands as the user who explores it. Attackers can place shell metacharacters in resource path values within a datapackage.json descriptor, which are passed unsanitized to os.system through a shell, causing arbitrary command execution in the victim's security context when they run the explore command against the untrusted package. This vulnerability was also addressed in version 5.20.0rc2 of the pre-release branch.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on frictionlessdata frictionless-py, upgrade to a fixed version (5.19.1, 5.20.0rc2) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/SaiTeja-Erukude/CVE-2026-93349-frictionless-command-injection
- https://github.com/frictionlessdata/frictionless-py/pull/1820
- https://github.com/frictionlessdata/frictionless-py/releases/tag/v5.19.1
- https://github.com/frictionlessdata/frictionless-py/releases/tag/v5.20.0rc2
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/frictionless-os-command-injection-via-explore-console-command

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