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CVE-2026-45539
Microsoft APM is an open-source, community-driven dependency manager for AI agents. From 0.5.4 to 0.12.4, two primitive integrators in apm-cli enumerate package files with bare Path.glob() / Path.rglob() calls and read each match with Path.read_text(), transparently following symbolic links. A symlink committed inside a remote APM dependency under .apm/prompts/<x>.prompt.md or .apm/agents/<x>.agent.md is preserved verbatim into apm_modules/ on clone and then dereferenced during integration, with
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
1
Preserved source conflicts
No provider value was silently selected as the winner.
cwe · 2 assertions
{"cweId":"CWE-59","description":"CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:44d7c03af41f34516cec49db4920e8a6cac404714aa8e4af5f41945a170b94e5 · sha256:c9ab4a0bb10840a4… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
{"cweId":"CWE-200","description":"CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:44d7c03af41f34516cec49db4920e8a6cac404714aa8e4af5f41945a170b94e5 · sha256:c9ab4a0bb10840a4… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/1/descriptions/0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"product":"apm","vendor":"microsoft","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":">= 0.5.4, < 0.13.0"}]}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5affectedurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:44d7c03af41f34516cec49db4920e8a6cac404714aa8e4af5f41945a170b94e5 · sha256:c9ab4a0bb10840a4… · /containers/cna/affected/0
Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"NETWORK","availabilityImpact":"NONE","baseScore":7.4,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"NONE","privilegesRequired":"NONE","scope":"CHANGED","userInteraction":"REQUIRED","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cvssurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:44d7c03af41f34516cec49db4920e8a6cac404714aa8e4af5f41945a170b94e5 · sha256:c9ab4a0bb10840a4… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV3_1
CWE assertions
2 source assertions{"cweId":"CWE-59","description":"CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:44d7c03af41f34516cec49db4920e8a6cac404714aa8e4af5f41945a170b94e5 · sha256:c9ab4a0bb10840a4… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
{"cweId":"CWE-200","description":"CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:44d7c03af41f34516cec49db4920e8a6cac404714aa8e4af5f41945a170b94e5 · sha256:c9ab4a0bb10840a4… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/1/descriptions/0
Source references
2 source assertions{"tags":["exploit"],"url":"https://github.com/microsoft/apm/security/advisories/GHSA-q5pp-gvjg-h7v4"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:44d7c03af41f34516cec49db4920e8a6cac404714aa8e4af5f41945a170b94e5 · sha256:c9ab4a0bb10840a4… · /containers/adp/0/references/0
{"name":"https://github.com/microsoft/apm/security/advisories/GHSA-q5pp-gvjg-h7v4","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"],"url":"https://github.com/microsoft/apm/security/advisories/GHSA-q5pp-gvjg-h7v4"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:44d7c03af41f34516cec49db4920e8a6cac404714aa8e4af5f41945a170b94e5 · sha256:c9ab4a0bb10840a4… · /containers/cna/references/0
Attribution and limitations
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