CVE-2026-19005: Improper Privilege Management in nanocoai NanoClaw
CVE-2026-19005 is a medium severity vulnerability in nanocoai NanoClaw up to version 2.0.64. It involves improper privilege management in the handleCreateAgent function of the Child-Agent Creation component. The vulnerability allows remote exploitation through manipulation, potentially leading to unauthorized privilege escalation. The issue was reported early to the project, but no response or fix has been provided yet. Exploit code is publicly available, increasing the risk of exploitation.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability affects the handleCreateAgent function in the src/modules/agent-to-agent/create-agent.ts file of nanocoai NanoClaw versions up to 2.0.64. Improper privilege management in this function allows an attacker to manipulate the process to gain elevated privileges remotely. The vulnerability is confirmed to be exploitable remotely, and public exploit code exists. Despite early notification to the project, no remediation or patch has been released. The CVSS 4.0 base score is 5.3, indicating a medium severity level.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to gain improper elevated privileges remotely within the affected NanoClaw environment. This could lead to unauthorized actions or control over the affected system components. Since the exploit is public, the risk of active exploitation is increased, although no known in-the-wild exploitation has been reported yet.
Mitigation Recommendations
No official fix or patch is currently available for this vulnerability, and the vendor has not responded to the issue report. Users should monitor vendor communications for updates and consider implementing compensating controls to limit exposure until a patch is released. Given the public availability of exploit code, heightened vigilance is advised.
CVE-2026-19005: Improper Privilege Management in nanocoai NanoClaw
Description
CVE-2026-19005 is a medium severity vulnerability in nanocoai NanoClaw up to version 2.0.64. It involves improper privilege management in the handleCreateAgent function of the Child-Agent Creation component. The vulnerability allows remote exploitation through manipulation, potentially leading to unauthorized privilege escalation. The issue was reported early to the project, but no response or fix has been provided yet. Exploit code is publicly available, increasing the risk of exploitation.
CVSS v4.0
Score 5.3medium
Affected software
nanocoai
NanoClaw
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Technical Analysis
This vulnerability affects the handleCreateAgent function in the src/modules/agent-to-agent/create-agent.ts file of nanocoai NanoClaw versions up to 2.0.64. Improper privilege management in this function allows an attacker to manipulate the process to gain elevated privileges remotely. The vulnerability is confirmed to be exploitable remotely, and public exploit code exists. Despite early notification to the project, no remediation or patch has been released. The CVSS 4.0 base score is 5.3, indicating a medium severity level.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to gain improper elevated privileges remotely within the affected NanoClaw environment. This could lead to unauthorized actions or control over the affected system components. Since the exploit is public, the risk of active exploitation is increased, although no known in-the-wild exploitation has been reported yet.
Mitigation Recommendations
No official fix or patch is currently available for this vulnerability, and the vendor has not responded to the issue report. Users should monitor vendor communications for updates and consider implementing compensating controls to limit exposure until a patch is released. Given the public availability of exploit code, heightened vigilance is advised.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- VulDB
- Date Reserved
- 2026-08-05T19:51:07.858Z
- Cvss Version
- 4.0
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6a742935bf8831d53945d7c8
Added to database: 08/06/2026, 06:27:01 UTC
Last enriched: 08/13/2026, 17:18:55 UTC
Last updated: 09/18/2026, 10:01:30 UTC
Views: 82
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