Vulnerability · Published Aug 28, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M
CVE-2026-55673PowSyBl: Command Injection in LocalCommandExecutor-s
High 7.1
In plain English
A high-severity OS command injection in powsybl-core from powsybl. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 49% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
PowSyBl (Power System Blocks) is a framework to build power system oriented software. Prior to 7.2.2, UnixLocalCommandExecutor and WindowsLocalCommandExecutor concatenate command arguments and environment variables into strings interpreted through bash -c or cmd /c without sufficient escaping. Attacker-controlled values reaching UnixLocalCommandExecutor.execute, WindowsLocalCommandExecutor.execute, LocalComputationManager.execute, ParallelLoadFlowActionSimulator.run, ActionSimulatorTool.run, AmplModelRunner.run, or AmplModelRunner.runAsync can break out of the intended command and execute arbitrary shell commands as the JVM user. The affected itools paths include action-simulator with task-count, security-analysis with external, and dynamic-security-analysis. Downstream CLI tools, libraries, REST front ends, and multi-tenant grid-analysis services that forward less-trusted contingency identifiers or computation parameters into these APIs can expose the injection remotely. This issue is fixed in version 7.2.2.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | com.powsybl:powsybl-computation-local | 7.2.2 | GHSA-jqvf-j3ww-r8c7 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| powsybl | powsybl-core | < 7.2.2 |
Weakness: CWE-78, CWE-88 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
References
- https://github.com/powsybl/powsybl-core/security/advisories/GHSA-jqvf-j3ww-r8c7 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/powsybl/powsybl-core/pull/3973 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/powsybl/powsybl-core/commit/17461264d1d18f9bba43bb7855f251e9fa55a4db x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/powsybl/powsybl-core/commit/7aa28d8c2492bbcd061585cb498acce72d5ed79a x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/powsybl/powsybl-core/releases/tag/v7.2.2 x_refsource_MISC