Roo Code: Auto-approve allows npm install execution of malicious postinstall scripts

Description

Roo Code is an AI-powered autonomous coding agent that lives in users' editors. Versions 3.25.23 and below contain a default list of allowed commands that do not need manual approval if auto-approve is enabled, and npm install is included in that list. Because npm install executes lifecycle scripts, if a repository’s package.json file contains a malicious postinstall script, it would be executed automatically without user approval. This means that enabling auto-approved commands and opening a malicious repo could result in arbitrary code execution. This is fixed in version 3.26.0.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.22% · top 87% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.

Weakness

• CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-78 and its CVEs

Affected products

• RooCodeInc · Roo-Code

  • affected < 3.26.0

References (3)

• https://github.com/RooCodeInc/Roo-Code/security/advisories/GHSA-c292-qxq4-4p2v (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRM
• https://github.com/RooCodeInc/Roo-Code/pull/7390/files (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
• https://github.com/RooCodeInc/Roo-Code/releases/tag/v3.26.0 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC

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)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2025-58374](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2025-58374.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2025-58374)

Record last updated 8 Sept 2025, 14:05 UTC.