{"cve":"CVE-2026-45374","nvd":{"published":"2026-05-28T18:16:35.843","modified":"2026-10-26T13:10:00.140","status":"Deferred","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_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":9.6},"cwes":["CWE-94"],"references":["https://github.com/Hmbown/CodeWhale/security/advisories/GHSA-72w5-pf8h-xfp4","https://github.com/Hmbown/DeepSeek-TUI/releases/tag/v0.8.26","https://github.com/Hmbown/CodeWhale/security/advisories/GHSA-72w5-pf8h-xfp4"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-26T13:39:24.642594360+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-45374","score":0.00326,"percentile":0.25401,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-72w5-pf8h-xfp4","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-72w5-pf8h-xfp4","summary":"DeepSeek TUI: task_create Insecure Defaults Enable RCE via Prompt Injection in Project Files","modified":"2026-06-09T10:30:15.550774895Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"crates.io","name":"deepseek-tui","purl":"pkg:cargo/deepseek-tui","ranges":["<0.8.26"],"fixed":["0.8.26"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}