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Security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-14189

The execute function in in the Atlassian gajira-comment GitHub Action before version 2.0.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code in the context of a GitHub runner by creating a specially crafted GitHub issue comment.

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31 Oct 2026, 10:50 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2020-14189

core-osv · Original source

Published 9 Nov 2020, 22:15 UTC

The execute function in in the Atlassian gajira-comment GitHub Action before version 2.0.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code in the context of a GitHub runner by creating a specially crafted GitHub issue comment.

osv:CVE-2020-14189
Complete source record
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  "id": "66549ea967b0c48d6a8122ded53fc86696ff477ab9068d3162c67d56a1ef8d14",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-14189",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2020-14189",
    "summary": "The execute function in in the Atlassian gajira-comment GitHub Action before version 2.0.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code in the context of a GitHub runner by creating a specially crafted GitHub issue comment.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-14189",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2020-14189",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2020-14189",
        "GHSA-hj6w-pm28-h8hf"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/atlassian/gajira-comment",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "8ec356b5df49f1325653db7ee2da2b59a1d78203"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:jira_comment:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "2.0.2"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
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            "v1.0.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-14189.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:51:49.495173275Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/atlassian/gajira-comment/security/advisories/GHSA-hj6w-pm28-h8hf"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2020-14189",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 383008,
  "published_at": "2020-11-09T22:15:12.21+00:00"
}