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CVE-2026-33881 CVSS 7.2 HIGH

CVE-2026-33881

Published: 2026-03-27 21:17:25
Last Modified: 2026-04-08 14:39:08

Description

Windmill is an open-source developer platform for internal code: APIs, background jobs, workflows and UIs. Workspace environment variable values are interpolated into JavaScript string literals without escaping single quotes in the NativeTS executor. A workspace admin who sets a custom environment variable with a value containing `'` can inject arbitrary JavaScript that executes inside every NativeTS script in that workspace. This is a code injection bug in `worker.rs`, not related to the sandbox/NSJAIL topic. Version 1.664.0 patches the issue.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score
7.2
Severity
HIGH
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Configurations (Affected Products)

cpe:2.3:a:windmill:windmill:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* - VULNERABLE
Windmill < 1.664.0

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only
The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.
python
// Step 1: Attacker (Admin) sets a malicious environment variable // Name: ATTACK_VECTOR // Value: '); console.log("Hacked by CVE-2026-33881"); // // Step 2: A NativeTS script in the workspace references the variable // Original logic (simplified): // const dbUrl = `$WORKSPACE_VAR_ATTACK_VECTOR`; // Step 3: Interpolated code becomes: // const dbUrl = `'); console.log("Hacked by CVE-2026-33881"); //`; // Result: The console.log statement executes arbitrary JavaScript.

References

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