Description
Tophat is a mobile applications testing harness. Prior to 2.5.1, Tophat is affected by remote code execution via crafted tophat:// or http://localhost:29070 URLs. The arguments query parameter flows unsanitized from URL parsing through to /bin/bash -c execution, allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary commands on a developer's macOS workstation. Any developer with Tophat installed is vulnerable. For previously trusted build hosts, no confirmation dialog appears. Attacker commands run with the user's permissions. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.5.1.
Published: 2026-04-08
Score: 6.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Remote Code Execution
Action: Immediate Patch
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History

Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:shopify:tophat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 09 Apr 2026 08:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Shopify
Shopify tophat
Vendors & Products Shopify
Shopify tophat

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 20:15:00 +0000

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Description Tophat is a mobile applications testing harness. Prior to 2.5.1, Tophat is affected by remote code execution via crafted tophat:// or http://localhost:29070 URLs. The arguments query parameter flows unsanitized from URL parsing through to /bin/bash -c execution, allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary commands on a developer's macOS workstation. Any developer with Tophat installed is vulnerable. For previously trusted build hosts, no confirmation dialog appears. Attacker commands run with the user's permissions. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.5.1.
Title Tophat has a Command Injection Vulnerability When Accessing a Maliciously Crafted Tophat Link
Weaknesses CWE-78
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-09T16:17:23.139Z

Reserved: 2026-04-07T19:13:20.379Z

Link: CVE-2026-39862

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-04-09T14:58:28.584Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-04-08T20:16:26.403

Modified: 2026-04-20T14:39:51.413

Link: CVE-2026-39862

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No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-04-09T08:27:33Z

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