CVE-2026-5971

A flaw has been found in FoundationAgents MetaGPT up to 0.8.1. This vulnerability affects the function ActionNode.xml_fill of the file metagpt/actions/action_node.py of the component XML Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to improper neutralization of directives in dynamically evaluated code. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been published and may be used. The project was informed of the problem early through a pull request but has not reacted yet.

CVSS 4.0

5.5CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

CVSS 3.1

9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 32% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-26)

CWEs

CWE-94, CWE-95

Published

2026-04-09

Modified

2026-10-26

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-26

Affected

• deepwisdom:metagpt

Packages (OSV)

References

• https://github.com/FoundationAgents/MetaGPT/
• https://github.com/FoundationAgents/MetaGPT/issues/1928
• https://github.com/FoundationAgents/MetaGPT/issues/1956
• https://vuldb.com/submit/791734
• https://vuldb.com/vuln/356525

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