CVE-2026-35197

low-risk

Published 2026-04-06

dye is a portable and respectful color library for shell scripts. Prior to 1.1.1, certain dye template expressions would result in execution of arbitrary code. This issue was discovered and fixed by dye's author, and is not known to be exploited. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.1.1.

Do I need to act?

0.03% chance of exploitation

EPSS score — low exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 6.6/10 Medium

LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Dye

Affected Vendors

Mattiebee

References (2)

Vendor Advisory https://github.com/mattieb/dye/security/advisories/GHSA-3v4r-5vfh-3wjr

Exploit https://mattiebee.io/dye-template-advisory

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low-risk

Severity 21/34 · High

Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal

Exposure 5/34 · Minimal