CVE-2026-75486

Synk Sweater Comb before 3.8.8 contains a command injection vulnerability that allows an attacker who controls the .vervet.yaml configuration file to execute arbitrary OS commands by injecting malicious input into the linters.<key>.optic-ci.original branch name field. The expectGitBranch() function in src/lint.ts passes the unsanitized branch name directly into child_process.exec() via an unescaped template literal, enabling arbitrary command execution when the lint command is run against the repository.

Score

CVSS 4.0 8.5 High

Status

Deferred - disclosure@vulncheck.com

Published

2026-08-28

Last modified

2026-08-31

Weaknesses

CWE-78

Affected products

• Sweater-comb (Snyk)

References

• https://github.com/snyk/sweater-comb/commit/05a0eec4f2acb9ce6d4814016b475504fc64eab2
• https://github.com/snyk/sweater-comb/pull/743
• https://github.com/snyk/sweater-comb/releases/tag/v3.8.8
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/synk-sweater-comb-command-injection-via-vervet-yaml-branch-name