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GHSA-3jww-hxqj-wfq2 [Eclipse Theia] Indirect Prompt Injection via Adversarial Workspace File and Directory Names in AI Chat
HIGH
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-44688
- Ecosystem
- npm
- Packages
- @theia/ai-chat-ui, @theia/ai-chat, @theia/ai-claude-code, @theia/ai-code-completion, @theia/ai-core, @theia/ai-editor, @theia/ai-ide
- Severity
- High
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-829
- Reviewed
- 2026-06-19
Affected packages
• npm @theia/ai-chat-ui: < 1.71.0 → fixed in 1.71.0
• npm @theia/ai-chat: < 1.71.0 → fixed in 1.71.0
• npm @theia/ai-claude-code: < 1.71.0 → fixed in 1.71.0
• npm @theia/ai-code-completion: < 1.71.0 → fixed in 1.71.0
• npm @theia/ai-core: < 1.71.0 → fixed in 1.71.0
• npm @theia/ai-editor: < 1.71.0 → fixed in 1.71.0
• npm @theia/ai-ide: < 1.71.0 → fixed in 1.71.0
Description
In Eclipse Theia versions prior to 1.71.0, the AI chat agent processed workspace file and directory names as part of its prompt context without distinguishing them from system instructions. An attacker could craft a malicious repository with adversarial directory or file names that, when analyzed by the AI agent, would cause the agent to follow attacker-controlled instructions (indirect prompt injection). Combined with other AI chat features available in untrusted workspaces, this enabled attack chains leading to data exfiltration via Markdown image rendering or arbitrary command execution via task definitions.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-44688 In Eclipse Theia versions prior to 1.71.0, the AI chat agent processed workspace file and directory names as part of its prompt context… vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-829 Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere weakness
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-44688 advisory
- https://github.com/eclipse-theia/theia/issues/16892 web
- https://github.com/eclipse-theia/theia/pull/17364 web
- https://github.com/eclipse-theia/theia/commit/e3fdfe6992389bc5fa611058d00c39d7408508ed web
- https://github.com/eclipse-theia/theia package
- https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/cve-assignment/-/work_items/113 web