CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-18996
2.1 LOW
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- Status
- Deferred
- Published
- 2026-08-06
- Last modified
- 2026-10-23
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 4.0 ([email protected])
- 2.1 LOW — CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/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
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 6.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.5 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-266
Description
A vulnerability has been found in cosmicstack-labs mercury-agent up to 1.1.12. This vulnerability affects the function PermissionManager.checkShellCommand of the file src/capabilities/permissions.ts of the component run_command Handler. Such manipulation leads to incorrect privilege assignment. The attack may be performed from remote. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-266 Incorrect Privilege Assignment weakness
References
- https://github.com/cosmicstack-labs/mercury-agent/ github.com
- https://github.com/cosmicstack-labs/mercury-agent/issues/72 github.com
- https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-18996 vuldb.com
- https://vuldb.com/submit/862625 vuldb.com
- https://vuldb.com/submit/862630 vuldb.com
- https://vuldb.com/submit/862636 vuldb.com
- https://vuldb.com/submit/862637 vuldb.com
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/386379 vuldb.com
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/386379/cti vuldb.com