CVE-2026-11455FoundationAgents MetaGPT common.py check_cmd_exists command injection
- 2.3LowCVSS base score
- 1.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 36% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- YesPublic exploitsa reference or SSVC says so
Description
A vulnerability was determined in FoundationAgents MetaGPT up to 0.8.2. Affected by this issue is the function check_cmd_exists of the file metagpt/utils/common.py. This manipulation of the argument mermaid.path causes command injection. The attack may be initiated remotely. A high degree of complexity is needed for the attack. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: a proof of concept is public.
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Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 4.0 | Low2.3 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium5.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Medium5.0 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 2.0 | Medium4.6 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 4.0 | Low1.3 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.0% · top 36% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.3.
Affected products
- affected 0.8.0
- affected 0.8.1
- affected 0.8.2
References
References7
- VDB-369074 | FoundationAgents MetaGPT common.py check_cmd_exists command injection (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrytechnical-description
- VDB-369074 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, TTP, IOA) (opens in a new tab)signaturepermissions-required
- CVE-2026-11455 | CVE Analysis and Report (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisory
- Submit #828206 | FoundationAgents MetaGPT 0.8.2 Command Injection (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/FoundationAgents/MetaGPT/issues/2037 (opens in a new tab)issue-tracking
- https://www.notion.so/asuka39/MetaGPT-Command-Injection-via-Mermaid-path-Configuration-35fe35b8556880b29113c8c1b414a8b2?source=copy_link (opens in a new tab)exploit
- https://github.com/FoundationAgents/MetaGPT/ (opens in a new tab)product
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-34985 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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