Threat Advisory

Joker Vulnerability Enables Command Processing in CI Tasks

Threat: Vulnerability
Targeted Region: Global
Targeted Sector: Technology & IT
Criticality: High
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

A high-severity vulnerability, identified as CVE-2026-59172 with a CVSS score of 7.8, exists in Joker due to the execution of project-local linter files during linting. This potentially allows code execution from untrusted repositories via editor integrations or CI jobs that automatically run the joker --lint command on checked-out source code. Business impact includes unauthorized access to sensitive data, system compromise, and potential data breaches.

RECOMMENDATIONS:

  • We recommend you to update github.com/candid82/joker to below version:
  • https://github.com/candid82/joker/releases

REFERENCES:

The following reports contain further technical details:[/subscribe_to_unlock_form]

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

A high-severity vulnerability, identified as CVE-2026-59172 with a CVSS score of 7.8, exists in Joker due to the execution of project-local linter files during linting. This potentially allows code execution from untrusted repositories via editor integrations or CI jobs that automatically run the joker --lint command on checked-out source code. Business impact includes unauthorized access to sensitive data, system compromise, and potential data breaches.

RECOMMENDATIONS:

  • We recommend you to update github.com/candid82/joker to below version:
  • https://github.com/candid82/joker/releases

REFERENCES:

The following reports contain further technical details:[emaillocker id="1283"]

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