compose-lint: Text in a pull request can issue CI workflow commands through JSON and SARIF output on stdout

Exploitation

No confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next marks exploitation only from CISA KEV.

CVSS 4.0

2.3 · CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N · score source

EPSS

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Impact 0.31.0 fixed GHSA-6f4g-xm8v-pgv6, where text from a Compose file became GitHub Actions workflow commands in compose-lint's output. `--format json` and `--format sarif` output never passed through that fix, so `##` inside a service name or other value reaches the log intact when the output is printed to stdout rather than written to a file. The runner acts on `##[` in the middle of a line, so the JSON layout does not prevent it. A pull request can therefore create annotations, fold or hide parts of the job log, or issue other commands the runner accepts, when CI runs compose-lint over it, before anyone reviews it. The pass/fail result is not changed. Affected setups print JSON or SARIF output to a CI log from the `compose-lint` package, the pre-commit hook or the Docker image. Writing that output to a file, which SARIF upload requires, is not affected. The GitHub Action turns command processing off around each compose-lint run, so it is not affected. Found during an…

Published by the source

10 Nov 2026, 21:40 UTC

Last modified by the source

10 Nov 2026, 22:00 UTC

Source last checked

11 Nov 2026, 07:05 UTC

1. Revision 2 · amended · 11 Nov 2026

   Amended from osv record GHSA-hr4h-4c45-v4q4

2. Revision 1 · created · 10 Nov 2026

   Published from ghsa record GHSA-hr4h-4c45-v4q4

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# Patch Next advisory brief: CVE-2026-125122

Advisory: compose-lint: Text in a pull request can issue CI workflow commands through JSON and SARIF output on stdout
IDs: CVE-2026-125122, GHSA-hr4h-4c45-v4q4
Record: https://patchnext.com/advisories/cve-2026-125122 (revision 2, source checked 11 Nov 2026, 07:05 UTC)
Inventory: none attached. This brief comes from a public page and does not say whether any deployment is affected.
Severity: Low (CVSS 2.3)
Exploitation: no confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next confirms exploitation only from CISA KEV.
Vendor response: Vendor fix available; fixed versions by package: compose-lint 0.32.0. A vendor fix does not mean a deployment is fixed.

## Affected components
- PyPI compose-lint: affected >= 0.31.0, < 0.32.0; fixed in 0.32.0

## Suggested inspection (read-only)
- `python -m pip show compose-lint`: prints the installed version. Run with the environment that serves production active.

## Supported action
Upgrade each affected component to a fixed version on its release line. For a transitive dependency, upgrade the parent package or add an override or constraint, then regenerate the lockfile. Redeploy every environment that ran an affected version.

## Required regression checks
- Run the test suite and a production build.
- Exercise the features that depend on compose-lint.
- Repeat the inspection and confirm that only fixed versions remain installed.

## Rollback considerations
- Keep the previous lockfile and deployment artifact. Rolling back reinstates the vulnerable version, so apply any documented mitigation while you fix forward.

## Unresolved questions
- Which deployments run an affected version?
- Exploitation status can change. Check again before lowering the priority.
- Mark the work resolved only after the fixed version is verified in production.

## Sources
- Verified: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hr4h-4c45-v4q4 (GitHub-reviewed advisory GHSA-hr4h-4c45-v4q4 lists affected ranges: PyPI compose-lint >=0.31.0 <=0.31.0)
- Verified: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-hr4h-4c45-v4q4 (OSV record GHSA-hr4h-4c45-v4q4 lists affected ranges: PyPI compose-lint >=0.31.0 <0.32.0 (fixed))

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