CVE-2026-31900CWE-20

Black's vulnerable version parsing leads to RCE in GitHub Action

High · published March 11, 2026

CVSS v4.0
8.7
EPSS
1%
Percentile
51.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Black is the uncompromising Python code formatter. Black provides a GitHub action for formatting code. This action supports an option, use_pyproject: true, for reading the version of Black to use from the repository pyproject.toml. A malicious pull request could edit pyproject.toml to use a direct URL reference to a malicious repository. This could lead to arbitrary code execution in the context of the GitHub Action. Attackers could then gain access to secrets or permissions available in the context of the action. Version 26.3.0 fixes this vulnerability.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v4.0
8.7 · HIGH
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
EPSS
0.00661 · 51.0th percentile
Weakness
CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation
Published
2026-03-11T19:15Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 11 MAR 19:15Z
    Black's vulnerable version parsing leads to RCE in GitHub Action
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