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CVE-2026-45374

CodeWhale is a DeepSeek + MiMo coding agent in terminal. Prior to 0.8.26, the task_create tool spawns durable sub-agents that inherit two insecure defaults, allow_shell defaults to true (config.rs:1499: self.allow_shell.unwrap_or(true)) and auto_approve defaults to true (task_manager.rs:297: auto_approve: Some(true)). When a user approves a task_create call (which requires ApprovalRequirement::Required), they approve what appears to be a benign work prompt. However, the spawned sub-agent silentl
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:7edc65774dd79d93e6687936608bee4c2b7a9098b693097c8ddab83335e004e8
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0

Affected products and versions

1 source assertion
{"product":"CodeWhale","vendor":"Hmbown","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"< 0.8.26"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:8aaa3a07312f9bf6fdefe9c90b88475bcef306a61ef288e6a0ebc83f9c45354b · sha256:87879346003bfe53… · /containers/cna/affected/0

Provider-owned CVSS observations

1 source assertion
{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"NETWORK","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","baseScore":9.6,"baseSeverity":"CRITICAL","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"NONE","scope":"CHANGED","userInteraction":"REQUIRED","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:8aaa3a07312f9bf6fdefe9c90b88475bcef306a61ef288e6a0ebc83f9c45354b · sha256:87879346003bfe53… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV3_1

CWE assertions

1 source assertion
{"cweId":"CWE-94","description":"CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:8aaa3a07312f9bf6fdefe9c90b88475bcef306a61ef288e6a0ebc83f9c45354b · sha256:87879346003bfe53… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

Source references

3 source assertions
{"name":"https://github.com/Hmbown/CodeWhale/security/advisories/GHSA-72w5-pf8h-xfp4","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"],"url":"https://github.com/Hmbown/CodeWhale/security/advisories/GHSA-72w5-pf8h-xfp4"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:8aaa3a07312f9bf6fdefe9c90b88475bcef306a61ef288e6a0ebc83f9c45354b · sha256:87879346003bfe53… · /containers/cna/references/0
{"tags":["exploit"],"url":"https://github.com/Hmbown/CodeWhale/security/advisories/GHSA-72w5-pf8h-xfp4"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:8aaa3a07312f9bf6fdefe9c90b88475bcef306a61ef288e6a0ebc83f9c45354b · sha256:87879346003bfe53… · /containers/adp/0/references/0
{"name":"https://github.com/Hmbown/DeepSeek-TUI/releases/tag/v0.8.26","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"],"url":"https://github.com/Hmbown/DeepSeek-TUI/releases/tag/v0.8.26"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:8aaa3a07312f9bf6fdefe9c90b88475bcef306a61ef288e6a0ebc83f9c45354b · sha256:87879346003bfe53… · /containers/cna/references/1

Attribution and limitations

  • CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →

Provider severity values are preserved separately. Baitaphish does not convert them into a risk rating, infer affected products, or treat EPSS as observed exploitation.

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