CVE-2026-50187 (GCVE-0-2026-50187)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-18 15:09 – Updated: 2026-08-18 17:46
VLAI
Title
Oh My Zsh: Arbitrary Code Execution in oh-my-zsh dotenv plugin via malicious .env files
Summary
Oh My Zsh is a community-driven framework for managing Zsh configuration. Prior to 2026-05-28, the dotenv plugin in plugins/dotenv/dotenv.plugin.zsh passes ZSH_DOTENV_FILE to source after a directory change into a folder containing a .env file, allowing syntactically valid shell commands in the file to execute with the current account's privileges, including without a prompt when ZSH_DOTENV_PROMPT=false or after the default prompt accepts an empty Enter response. This issue is fixed in versions released after 2026-05-28.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-08-18 17:28 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
ohmyzsh ohmyzsh Affected: < 2026-05-28
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