Argument injection vulnerability in SonarQube Scan Action
CVE-2025-59844

7.7HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Sonarsource

Status
Sonarqube-scan-action
Vendor
CVE Published:
26 September 2025

What is CVE-2025-59844?

SonarQube Server and Cloud is a static analysis solution for continuous code quality and security inspection. A command injection vulnerability exists in SonarQube GitHub Action in version 4.0.0 to before version 6.0.0 when workflows pass user-controlled input to the args parameter on Windows runners without proper validation. This vulnerability bypasses a previous security fix and allows arbitrary command execution, potentially leading to exposure of sensitive environment variables and compromise of the runner environment. The vulnerability has been fixed in version 6.0.0. Users should upgrade to this version or later.

Affected Version(s)

sonarqube-scan-action >= 4.0.0, < 6.0.0

References

https://github.com/SonarSource/sonarqube-scan-action/secu...
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https://community.sonarsource.com/t/sonarqube-scanner-git...
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https://github.com/SonarSource/sonarqube-scan-action/rele...
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CVSS V4

Score:
7.7
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Attack Required:
Physical
Privileges Required:
Undefined
User Interaction:
None

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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CVE-2025-59844 : Command Injection Vulnerability in SonarQube Server and Cloud by SonarSource