Description
Google::Auth versions before 0.06 for Perl run a command named in an external_account credentials JSON via an ungated system call.

The Pluggable subclass reads credential_source.executable.command from the credentials JSON and runs it as `system($command)`, a single argument call that passes the whole string to /bin/sh -c. The executable's environment_variables map from the same JSON is copied into %ENV first. No opt-in gate guards the call. make_creds selects the Pluggable subclass whenever credential_source.executable is present, so the path is reached from the standard Application Default Credentials flow, including a "type": "external_account" configuration read from the file named by GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS. Configurations without credential_source.executable do not select this subclass and do not reach the call.

Any caller that builds credentials from a configuration it does not fully control runs the embedded command with the privileges of the application process.
Published: 2026-08-04
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Remediation

Vendor Solution

Upgrade to Google-Auth 0.06 or later, which throws unless the environment variable GOOGLE_EXTERNAL_ACCOUNT_ALLOW_EXECUTABLES is set to 1.


Vendor Workaround

For deployments that cannot upgrade to 0.06, apply the upstream fix commit, or ensure that every credentials configuration reaching the Application Default Credentials flow comes from a trusted source.

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Tue, 04 Aug 2026 21:15:00 +0000

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Description Google::Auth versions before 0.06 for Perl run a command named in an external_account credentials JSON via an ungated system call. The Pluggable subclass reads credential_source.executable.command from the credentials JSON and runs it as `system($command)`, a single argument call that passes the whole string to /bin/sh -c. The executable's environment_variables map from the same JSON is copied into %ENV first. No opt-in gate guards the call. make_creds selects the Pluggable subclass whenever credential_source.executable is present, so the path is reached from the standard Application Default Credentials flow, including a "type": "external_account" configuration read from the file named by GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS. Configurations without credential_source.executable do not select this subclass and do not reach the call. Any caller that builds credentials from a configuration it does not fully control runs the embedded command with the privileges of the application process.
Title Google::Auth versions before 0.06 for Perl run a command named in an external_account credentials JSON via an ungated system call
Weaknesses CWE-78
CWE-829
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: CPANSec

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-04T22:24:41.647Z

Reserved: 2026-07-28T08:28:27.249Z

Link: CVE-2026-66902

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Weaknesses
  • CWE-78

    Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

  • CWE-829

    Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere