GitHub Advisoryadvisory · crates.io

GHSA-hhjv-jq77-cmvx zeptoclaw has Android device shell blocklist bypass via argument permutation

HIGH Published 2026-03-05 Modified 2026-03-05 Official page ↗
Ecosystem
crates.io
Packages
zeptoclaw
Severity
High
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-78
Reviewed
2026-03-05

Affected packages

• crates.io zeptoclaw: < 0.6.2 → fixed in 0.6.2

Description

Summary zeptoclaw implements a blocklist to prevent dangerous commands running in android device shell, but this blocklist has several blocked commands with argements in the pattern literal, such as `rm -f` and `rm -rf`, this can be simply bypassed by using different orders for these arguments, such as `rm -r -f` or `rm -fr` etc. Details As in code src/tools/android/actions.rs#L413-L424, we can see the `rm -f` and `rm -rf` are hard coded and thus can be simply bypassed via `rm -r -f` or `rm -fr` etc. ```rust pub async fn device_shell(adb: &AdbExecutor, cmd: &str) -> Result { // Normalize whitespace for blocklist check let normalized: String = cmd.split_whitespace().collect::>().join(" "); let lower = normalized.to_lowercase(); let blocked = [ "rm -rf", "rm -r", "reboot", "factory_reset", "wipe", "format", "dd if=", "mkfs", "flash", "fastboot", ]; for pattern in &blocked { if lower.contains(pattern) { return Err(ZeptoError::Tool(format!( "Blocked dangerous command containing '{}'", pattern ))); } } ``` PoC Set up zeptoclaw with an Android tool and then run the command `rm -f -r` etc. Impact Unauthorized command executed in Android device. Credit @zpbrent

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command weakness

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