CVE-2026-18998

A vulnerability was determined in cosmicstack-labs mercury-agent up to 1.1.12. Impacted is the function SubAgent.run of the file src/core/sub-agent.ts of the component delegate_task Tool. Executing a manipulation can lead to improper authorization. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. 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.

CVSS 4.0

2.1CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

CVSS 3.1

6.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

EPSS

0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 30% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWEs

CWE-266, CWE-285

Published

2026-08-06

Modified

2026-10-23

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-24

References

• https://github.com/cosmicstack-labs/mercury-agent/
• https://github.com/cosmicstack-labs/mercury-agent/issues/74
• https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-18998
• https://vuldb.com/submit/862628
• https://vuldb.com/submit/862629

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