CVE-2026-112305
HIGH 8.7Semaphore UI through 2.19.16 contains a remote code execution vulnerability that allows users with the task_runner role to override protected Ansible variables by supplying arbitrary keys in the task environment JSON. Attackers can POST tasks setting ansible_ssh_common_args with a ProxyCommand or ansible_connection=local to execute commands as the Semaphore server user, exposing encryption keys, SSH keys and stored secrets.
Severe if exploited (CVSS 8.7), but no known exploitation and low modeled probability. Patch on a normal cadence.
Exploitation likelihood
0.6%chance of exploitation in 30 days · 47th percentile
Impact if exploited
8.7CVSS 4.0 · HIGH
- ConfidentialityHigh
- IntegrityHigh
- AvailabilityHigh
What an attacker needs
- ✓Access: Reachable over the network — no local access needed
- ⚠Privileges: Requires a low-privilege account
- ✓User interaction: No user interaction needed
- ✓Complexity: No special conditions — reliably repeatable
- ✓Requirements: No special attack requirements
✓ lowers the bar for an attacker · ⚠ raises it
Proof of concept
No public PoC is currently catalogued.
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Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-915: Improperly Controlled Modification of Dynamically-Determined Object Attributes
CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
References and research data (JSON)
All CVSS metrics
- HIGH 8.7 v4.0 · CNA Primary
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - HIGH 8.8 v3.1 · CNA Primary
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - HIGH 8.7 v4.0 · NVD Secondary
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - HIGH 8.8 v3.1 · NVD Secondary
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
Patches & mitigations
- https://github.com/semaphoreui/semaphore/pull/3888 CVE record · VulnCheck · Updated 2026-10-19T15:28:55.694Z
NVD · CVE-2026-112305 · Updated 2026-10-19T18:17:05.250
Advisories
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/semaphore-ui-through-2.19.16-rce-via-task-environment-ansible-variable-override CVE record · VulnCheck · Updated 2026-10-19T15:28:55.694Z
NVD · CVE-2026-112305 · Updated 2026-10-19T18:17:05.250 - https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-104397 EUVD · EUVD-2026-104397
Technical & other
- https://github.com/semaphoreui/semaphore/blob/v2.19.16/services/tasks/TaskRunner.go#L395-L431 CVE record · VulnCheck · Updated 2026-10-19T15:28:55.694Z
NVD · CVE-2026-112305 · Updated 2026-10-19T18:17:05.250 - https://github.com/semaphoreui/semaphore/blob/v2.19.16/api/projects/tasks.go#L39-L75 CVE record · VulnCheck · Updated 2026-10-19T15:28:55.694Z
NVD · CVE-2026-112305 · Updated 2026-10-19T18:17:05.250 - https://github.com/semaphoreui/semaphore CVE record · VulnCheck · Updated 2026-10-19T15:28:55.694Z
NVD · CVE-2026-112305 · Updated 2026-10-19T18:17:05.250