CVE-2026-90809: HKUDS nanobot · Injection
Affects nanobotSource GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.9 Medium.
Data as of 29 Oct 2026, 19:04 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 46% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:XExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 14 Sep 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 29 Oct 2026.
What to do
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
GitHubhkuds/nanobotpkg:github/hkuds/nanobotOther threats | Affected
| Fixed in– |
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AI-suggested
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.
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.
References
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-90809 (opens in a new tab)
- github.com/HKUDS/nanobot/issues/5306 (opens in a new tab)
- github.com/HKUDS/nanobot/pull/5345 (opens in a new tab)
- github.com/HKUDS/nanobot/commit/af582246f141311d574551b7571a517bcc3df750 (opens in a new tab)
- github.com/HKUDS/nanobot (opens in a new tab)
- vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-90809 (opens in a new tab)
- vuldb.com/submit/922850 (opens in a new tab)
- vuldb.com/vuln/403311 (opens in a new tab)
- vuldb.com/vuln/403311/cti (opens in a new tab)