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CVE-2026-122235

5.7 medium

Medium (5.7).

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Jan from 0.8.5 before 0.8.8 contains a workspace guard bypass vulnerability in the agent-tools gate.rs that allows attackers to write files outside the workspace via dangling symlinks. Attackers supplying a malicious repository can use prompt injection to make the write or edit tools follow symlinks, creating files like ~/.ssh/authorized_keys on the host.

Severity

CVSS 4.0

5.7 medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS 3.1

4.7 medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE
CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access (Link Following)
OWASP Top 10
A01:2025 Broken Access Control
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Versions

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ProductAffected
janhq janfrom 0.8.5 before 0.8.8

Attack patterns (CAPEC)

  • CAPEC-17 Using Malicious Files Likelihood: High · Severity: Very High
  • CAPEC-35 Leverage Executable Code in Non-Executable Files Likelihood: High · Severity: Very High
  • CAPEC-76 Manipulating Web Input to File System Calls Likelihood: High · Severity: Very High
  • CAPEC-132 Symlink Attack Likelihood: Low · Severity: High

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