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A vulnerability was identified in HKUDS nanobot up to 0.2.1. (CVE-2026-90809)

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Medium
Published: 09/14/2026 (09/14/2026, 21:31:42 UTC)
Source: GCVE Database

Description

A vulnerability in HKUDS nanobot up to version 0.2.1 allows remote argument injection via the ExecTool._guard_command and ExecTool._spawn functions in the nanobot/agent/tools/shell.py component. This flaw can be exploited remotely and has a CVSS score of 7.3, indicating a medium severity. A patch identified by commit af582246f141311d574551b7571a517bcc3df750 is available to address this issue. Applying this patch is recommended to mitigate the vulnerability.

CVSS v3.1

Score 7.3high

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Affected software

GitHub Actionsmore threats →ai
hkuds/nanobot
pkg:github/hkuds/nanobot
Affected versions
<=0.2.1

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AI-Powered Analysis

Machine-generated threat intelligence

AILast updated: 09/15/2026, 02:00:48 UTC

Technical Analysis

The vulnerability in HKUDS nanobot (up to 0.2.1) involves argument injection through the ExecTool._guard_command and ExecTool._spawn functions located in nanobot/agent/tools/shell.py. This allows an attacker to remotely manipulate arguments passed to these functions, potentially leading to unauthorized command execution or other impacts. The vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-90809 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L). A patch identified by commit af582246f141311d574551b7571a517bcc3df750 is available to fix this issue.

Potential Impact

The vulnerability enables remote attackers to perform argument injection, which can lead to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts as indicated by the CVSS vector. Specifically, it allows remote code or command manipulation without requiring privileges or user interaction, potentially causing limited data disclosure, modification, or service disruption.

Mitigation Recommendations

A patch identified by commit af582246f141311d574551b7571a517bcc3df750 is available and should be applied to resolve this vulnerability. No vendor advisory content was provided to contradict this; therefore, applying the patch is the recommended remediation.

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Technical Details

Gcve Source
db.gcve.eu
Osv Id
GHSA-7hvv-vr32-8c2m
Osv Schema Version
1.4.0
Aliases
["CVE-2026-90809"]
Database Specific Severity
MODERATE
Cvss Version
3.1
State
PUBLISHED

Threat ID: 6aa8a1ca55bf5e2cf5f3e901

Added to database: 09/15/2026, 01:39:22 UTC

Last enriched: 09/15/2026, 02:00:48 UTC

Last updated: 09/15/2026, 03:01:39 UTC

Views: 3

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