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CVE

CVE-2026-45374

CodeWhale: task_create Insecure Defaults Enable RCE via Prompt Injection in Project Files
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CVE

CVE-2026-45374

CodeWhale: task_create Insecure Defaults Enable RCE via Prompt Injection in Project Files

CodeWhale is a DeepSeek + MiMo coding agent in terminal. Prior to 0.8.26, the taskcreate tool spawns durable sub-agents that inherit two insecure defaults, allowshell defaults to true (config.rs:1499: self.allowshell.unwrapor(true)) and autoapprove defaults to true (taskmanager.rs:297: autoapprove: Some(true)). When a user approves a taskcreate call (which requires ApprovalRequirement::Required), they approve what appears to be a benign work prompt. However, the spawned sub-agent silently receives unrestricted, unapproved shell access. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.8.26.

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CVSS Version

Severity
Base Score
CVSS Version
Score Vector
C
H
U
9.6
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3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
C
H
U
0
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3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
C
H
U
-

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References

https://github.com/Hmbown/DeepSeek-TUI/releases/tag/v0.8.26, https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/45xxx/CVE-2026-45374.json, https://github.com/Hmbown/CodeWhale/security/advisories/GHSA-72w5-pf8h-xfp4, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-45374

Severity

9.6

CVSS Score
0
10

Basic Information

Base CVSS
9.6
EPSS Probability
0.0026%
EPSS Percentile
0.17706%
Introduced Version
0
Fix Available
c3fb3438603b96cbb7769e81b7d2e8142ed87777

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