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CVE-2026-5973
FoundationAgents MetaGPT common.py get_mime_type os command injection
Medium6.9EPSS 2.5%
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- VulDB
Description
A vulnerability was found in FoundationAgents MetaGPT up to 0.8.1. Impacted is the function get_mime_type of the file metagpt/utils/common.py. The manipulation results in os command injection. The attack can be executed remotely. The exploit has been made public and could be used. The project was informed of the problem early through a pull request but has not reacted yet.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 4.0 | Medium6.9 | CVSS: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 |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | High7.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 4.0 | Medium5.5 | CVSS: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/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.5% · top 15% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.9.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected 0.8.0
- affected 0.8.1
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPImetagptGHSA-qw5f-qpq5-ppfg (opens in a new tab)
References (6)
- VDB-356527 | FoundationAgents MetaGPT common.py get_mime_type os command injection (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrytechnical-description
- VDB-356527 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, TTP, IOA) (opens in a new tab)signaturepermissions-required
- Submit #791755 | FoundationAgents MetaGPT 0.8.1 OS Command Injection (CWE-78) (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/FoundationAgents/MetaGPT/issues/1930 (opens in a new tab)exploitissue-tracking
- https://github.com/FoundationAgents/MetaGPT/pull/1983 (opens in a new tab)issue-trackingpatch
- https://github.com/FoundationAgents/MetaGPT/ (opens in a new tab)product
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 Advisory GHSA-qw5f-qpq5-ppfg (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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