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title: "CVE-2026-93349: Frictionless - Command Injection"
description: "Frictionless <= 5.20.0rc1 contains a command injection caused by unsanitized shell metacharacters in resource path values within datapackage.json, letting attackers execute arbitrary OS commands as the user running the explore command, exploit requires attacker to supply a crafted Data Package descriptor."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-93349/
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# CVE-2026-93349 Frictionless - Command Injection

Frictionless <= 5.20.0rc1 contains a command injection caused by unsanitized shell metacharacters in resource path values within datapackage.json, letting attackers execute arbitrary OS commands as the user running the explore command, exploit requires attacker to supply a crafted Data Package descriptor.

CVSS base score 8.8 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

Proof of concept available

Authentication

Not required

EPSS

2.12% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-93349)

## Details

Type

Command Injection

Impact

Remote Code Execution

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Published

23 September 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-78](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/78.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to a version later than 5.20.0rc1.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-93349](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-93349)
- [https://github.com/SaiTeja-Erukude/CVE-2026-93349-frictionless-command-injection](https://github.com/SaiTeja-Erukude/CVE-2026-93349-frictionless-command-injection)
- [https://github.com/frictionlessdata/frictionless-py/pull/1820](https://github.com/frictionlessdata/frictionless-py/pull/1820)
- [https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/frictionless-os-command-injection-via-explore-console-command](https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/frictionless-os-command-injection-via-explore-console-command)
- [https://github.com/frictionlessdata/frictionless-py/releases/tag/v5.19.1](https://github.com/frictionlessdata/frictionless-py/releases/tag/v5.19.1)
- [https://github.com/frictionlessdata/frictionless-py/releases/tag/v5.20.0rc2](https://github.com/frictionlessdata/frictionless-py/releases/tag/v5.20.0rc2)

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