mise: Arbitrary command execution via task-include files in an untrusted, config-less repository
mise manages dev tools like node, python, cmake, and terraform. Prior to 2026.6.4, mise's trust feature gates config files (mise.toml, .tool-versions) through trust_check, but task-include files are loaded on a path that never reaches it. When a directory has a task-include dir (mise-tasks/, .mise/tasks/, …) but no config file, mise falls back to the default includes and renders each task's tera fields — and that tera environment has exec() registered. A {{ exec(command='…') }} in any rendered field runs arbitrary commands the moment the tasks are merely listed. There's no config file to gate on, so no trust prompt ever appears. Read-only commands trigger it: mise tasks, mise task ls, mise run, mise tasks --usage (the query shell completion runs on Tab). The victim only has to cd into a cloned repo and list or tab-complete a task. This vulnerability is fixed in 2026.6.4.
Problem Types
| Type | CWE ID | Description |
|---|
| CWE | CWE-78 | CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') |
| CWE | CWE-94 | CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') |
| CWE | CWE-732 | CWE-732: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource |
Type: CWE
Description: CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
Type: CWE
Description: CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Type: CWE
Description: CWE-732: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
Metrics
| Version | Base score | Base severity | Vector |
|---|
| 3.1 | 8.6 | HIGH | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Version: 3.1
Base score: 8.6
Base severity: HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H