CVE-2026-45374
CRITICAL
9,6
Source: [email protected]
Attack Vector: network
Attack Complexity: low
Privileges Required: none
User Interaction: required
Scope: changed
Confidentiality: high
Integrity: high
Availability: high
Description
AI Translation Available
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.
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Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
DraftCommon Consequences
Security Scopes Affected:
Access Control
Integrity
Confidentiality
Availability
Non-Repudiation
Potential Impacts:
Bypass Protection Mechanism
Gain Privileges Or Assume Identity
Execute Unauthorized Code Or Commands
Hide Activities
Applicable Platforms
Languages:
Interpreted
Technologies:
AI/ML
https://github.com/Hmbown/CodeWhale/security/advisories/GHSA-72w5-pf8h-xfp4
https://github.com/Hmbown/DeepSeek-TUI/releases/tag/v0.8.26