MONAI before 1.6.0 OS Command Injection via dataset_name_or_id (CVE-2026-100844) | HOL Guard CVE

High · CVSS 8.6CVE-2026-100844

MONAI before 1.6.0 OS Command Injection via dataset_name_or_id

Answer in brief

CVE-2026-100844 records a High severity (CVSS 8.6) vulnerability in MONAI before 1.6.0 OS Command Injection via dataset_name_or_id. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Project-MONAI/MONAI (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.

Analysis pending evidence review

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Published Sep 27, 2026Updated Sep 27, 2026Source checked Sep 27, 2026First seen by HOL Sep 27, 2026Material review Sep 27, 2026

Upstream Advisory

Key facts

Risk: High · CVSS 8.6
Exploitation: Not marked as known exploited
Affected software: 1 mapped package or product
Fix availability: Available

Why this deserves its current priority

CVSS is 8.6. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.

Analysis status

Analysis pending evidence review

Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.

Affected scope and exposure questions

The current feed maps Project-MONAI/MONAI (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.

Mapped affected packages and fixed versions
Package	Affected range	Fixed version
Project-MONAI/MONAIgeneric	>=0 <1.6.0	1.6.0

Recommended response

Check inventory. Check lockfiles and deployed manifests for Project-MONAI/MONAI.
Review the reported fix. Update Project-MONAI/MONAI to 1.6.0 if you use the affected versions. Test the change in a non-production environment first.

Evidence timeline and material changes

Published upstream
Sep 27, 2026
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Source modified
Sep 27, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:record
First seen by HOL
Sep 27, 2026

Sources and claim methodology

Upstream source description

MONAI before 1.6.0 is vulnerable to OS command injection in the nnUNetV2Runner component (monai.apps.nnunet.nnunetv2_runner). User-controlled values taken from the YAML configuration file (notably dataset_name_or_id) and from CLI/kwargs arguments are concatenated into a command string without quoting or validation and then passed to subprocess with shell=True, so shell metacharacters (e.g., ';' on Linux, '&' on Windows) are interpreted. If a victim loads and processes a crafted configuration file — for example by instantiating nnUNetV2Runner with the malicious YAML and invoking a training/validation job such as train_single_model() — arbitrary commands are executed with the privileges of the user running the job.

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