CVE-2026-29075
Mesa: Checking out of untrusted code in `benchmarks.yml` workflow may lead to code execution in privileged runner
Mesa is an open-source Python library for agent-based modeling, simulating complex systems and exploring emergent behaviors. In version 3.5.0 and prior, checking out of untrusted code in benchmarks.yml workflow may lead to code execution in privileged runner. This issue has been patched via commit c35b8cd.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Mesa: Checking out of untrusted code in `benchmarks.yml` workflow may lead to code execution in privileged runner
Mesa is an open-source Python library for agent-based modeling, simulating complex systems and exploring emergent behaviors. In version 3.5.0 and prior, checking out of untrusted code in benchmarks.yml workflow may lead to code execution in privileged runner. This issue has been patched via commit c35b8cd.
- Record
CVE-2026-29075- CVSS 3.1
- 8.3 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-94
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-10045
Mesa is an open-source Python library for agent-based modeling, simulating complex systems and exploring emergent behaviors. In version 3.5.0 and prior, checking out of untrusted code in benchmarks.yml workflow may lead to code execution in privileged runner. This issue has been patched via commit c35b8cd.
- Record
EUVD-2026-10045- CVSS 3.1
- 8.3 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Mesa is an open-source Python library for agent-based modeling, simulating complex systems and exploring emergent behaviors. In version 3.5.0 and prior, checking out of untrusted code in benchmarks.yml workflow may lead to code execution in privileged runner. This issue has been patched via commit c35b8cd.
- Record
CVE-2026-29075- CVSS 3.1
- 8.3 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-94
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Mesa: Checking out of untrusted code in `benchmarks.yml` workflow may lead to code execution in privileged runner
Mesa is an open-source Python library for agent-based modeling, simulating complex systems and exploring emergent behaviors. In version 3.5.0 and prior, checking out of untrusted code in benchmarks.yml workflow may lead to code execution in privileged runner. This issue has been patched via commit c35b8cd.
- Record
CVE-2026-29075- CVSS 3.1
- 8.3 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-94
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| PoC in GitHub | pvharmo2/gha-lab-ca4fa82ac5 | 2026-09-04 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, NVD, OSV, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-29075 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.3) in Mesa, published March 6, 2026. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.41%, the 35th percentile. No source names a fixed version.