CVE-2026-45374

CRITICAL EPSS 17.3%
Published May 28, 20261mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
9.6 CVSS 3.1
Critical
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Published May 28, 2026 1mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

CodeWhale is a DeepSeek + MiMo coding agent in terminal. Prior to 0.8.26, the task_create tool spawns durable sub-agents that inherit two insecure defaults, allow_shell defaults to true (config.rs:1499: self.allow_shell.unwrap_or(true)) and auto_approve defaults to true (task_manager.rs:297: auto_approve: Some(true)). When a user approves a task_create 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.

CVSS Details

Base Score
9.6
Exploitability
2.8
Impact
6.0
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Changed
Confidentiality High
Integrity High
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
17.3% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code (Code Injection) Injection

References 2

  • github.com https://github.com/Hmbown/CodeWhale/security/advisories/GHSA-72w5-pf8h-xfp4
  • github.com https://github.com/Hmbown/DeepSeek-TUI/releases/tag/v0.8.26

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.